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Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) in Panama

Panama: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) was 0 in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0
World rank
97th
of 156 countries
All-time high
0
in 2015
All-time low
0
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) in Panama, 2015–2019

00.20.40.60.812015201720192015: 02016: 02017: 02018: 02019: 0

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Panama stood at 0. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Panama ranks 97th of 156 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Panama?
Paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Panama was 0 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 0 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2015.
How does Panama rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?
Panama ranks 97th out of 156 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Panama data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
156 places, 780 data points, 2015–2019
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The score for time to obtain VAT refund benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.