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Time to prepare and pay taxes hours

Time to prepare and pay taxes is the time, in hours per year, it takes to prepare, file, and pay (or withhold) three major types of taxes: the corporate income tax, the value added or sales tax, and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social security contributions.Source:
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Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours)Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours)Year
1
Brazil
1,958.0
2018
2
Bolivia
1,025.0
2018
3
Libya
889.0
2018
4
Venezuela
792.0
2018
5
Chad
766.0
2018
6
Ecuador
664.0
2018
7
Gabon
632.0
2018
8
Cameroon
624.0
2018
9
Republic of the Congo
602.0
2018
10
Vietnam
498.0
2018
11
Equatorial Guinea
492.0
2018
12
Central African Republic
483.0
2018
13
Bulgaria
453.0
2018
14
Senegal
441.0
2018
15
Bangladesh
435.0
2018
16
São Tomé and Príncipe
424.0
2018
17
Bosnia and Herzegovina
411.0
2018
18
Panama
408.0
2018
19
Guinea
400.0
2018
20
Egypt
392.0
2018
21
Maldives
390.5
2018
22
Paraguay
378.0
2018
23
Laos
362.0
2018
24
Nepal
353.0
2018
25
Nigeria
347.4
2018
26
Democratic Republic Of Congo
346.0
2018
27
Sierra Leone
343.0
2018
28
Syria
336.0
2018
29
Poland
334.0
2018
30
Ukraine
327.5
2018
31
Lesotho
327.0
2018
32
Gambia
326.0
2018
33
Dominican Republic
317.0
2018
34
Iraq
312.0
2018
35
Argentina
311.5
2018
36
Namibia
302.0
2018
37
Ethiopia
300.0
2018
38
Montenegro
300.0
2018
39
Chile
296.0
2018
40
Pakistan
293.5
2018
41
Angola
287.0
2018
42
Myanmar
282.0
2018
43
Hungary
277.0
2018
44
East Timor
276.0
2018
45
India
275.4
2018
46
Jamaica
272.0
2018
47
Afghanistan
270.0
2018
48
Mauritania
270.0
2018
49
Benin
270.0
2018
50
Burkina Faso
270.0
2018
51
Niger
270.0
2018
52
Mali
270.0
2018
53
Algeria
265.0
2018
54
Armenia
262.0
2018
55
Peru
260.0
2018
56
Guyana
256.0
2018
57
Colombia
255.5
2018
58
Albania
252.0
2018
59
Guatemala
248.0
2018
60
Yemen
248.0
2018
61
Fiji
247.0
2018
62
Barbados
245.0
2018
63
Portugal
243.0
2018
64
Zimbabwe
242.0
2018
65
Mexico
240.5
2018
66
Israel
239.0
2018
67
Italy
238.0
2018
68
Slovenia
233.0
2018
69
Burundi
232.0
2018
70
Czech Republic
230.0
2018
71
Thailand
229.0
2018
72
Serbia
225.5
2018
73
Kyrgyzstan
225.0
2018
74
Tajikistan
224.0
2018
75
Samoa
224.0
2018
76
Honduras
224.0
2018
77
Ghana
224.0
2018
78
Georgia
220.0
2018
79
Germany
218.0
2018
80
Guinea-Bissau
218.0
2018
81
Puerto Rico
218.0
2018
82
Iran
216.0
2018
83
Eritrea
216.0
2018
84
South Africa
210.0
2018
85
South Sudan
210.0
2018
86
Trinidad and Tobago
210.0
2018
87
Indonesia
207.5
2018
88
Tanzania
207.0
2018
89
Croatia
206.0
2018
90
Ivory Coast
205.0
2018
91
Saint Kitts And Nevis
203.0
2018
92
Papua New Guinea
203.0
2018
93
Nicaragua
201.0
2018
94
Mozambique
200.0
2018
95
Tonga
200.0
2018
96
Suriname
199.0
2018
97
The Bahamas
197.0
2018
98
Uganda
195.0
2018
99
Greece
193.0
2018
100
Slovakia
192.0
2018
101
Malaysia
188.0
2018
102
South Korea
188.0
2018
103
Haiti
184.0
2018
104
Belarus
184.0
2018
105
Madagascar
183.0
2018
106
Kazakhstan
182.0
2018
107
Philippines
181.0
2018
108
Moldova
181.0
2018
109
Uzbekistan
181.0
2018
110
Lebanon
181.0
2018
111
Sudan
180.0
2018
112
Cape Verde
180.0
2018
113
El Salvador
180.0
2018
114
Kenya
179.5
2018
115
Malawi
177.3
2018
116
Antigua and Barbuda
177.0
2018
117
United States
175.0
2018
118
Cambodia
173.0
2018
119
Turkey
170.0
2018
120
Latvia
168.5
2018
121
Russia
168.0
2018
122
Kiribati
168.0
2018
123
Zambia
164.0
2018
124
Romania
163.0
2018
125
Uruguay
163.0
2018
126
Togo
159.0
2018
127
Azerbaijan
159.0
2018
128
Morocco
155.0
2018
129
Kosovo
153.5
2018
130
Mauritius
152.0
2018
131
Costa Rica
151.0
2018
132
Spain
147.5
2018
133
Belize
147.0
2018
134
Tunisia
144.0
2018
135
China
142.0
2018
136
Iceland
140.0
2018
137
New Zealand
140.0
2018
138
Grenada
140.0
2018
139
Liberia
139.5
2018
140
Malta
139.0
2018
141
France
139.0
2018
142
Belgium
136.0
2018
143
Mongolia
134.0
2018
144
Denmark
132.0
2018
145
Austria
131.0
2018
146
Canada
131.0
2018
147
Japan
129.5
2018
148
Sri Lanka
129.0
2018
149
Federated States of Micronesia
128.0
2018
150
Jordan
126.8
2018
151
Cyprus
122.5
2018
152
Swaziland
122.0
2018
153
Sweden
122.0
2018
154
Vanuatu
120.0
2018
155
Botswana
120.0
2018
156
Netherlands
119.0
2018
157
Republic of Macedonia
119.0
2018
158
Dominica
117.0
2018
159
Saint Lucia
110.0
2018
160
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
108.0
2018
161
United Kingdom
105.0
2018
162
Australia
105.0
2018
163
Comoros
100.0
2018
164
Lithuania
99.0
2018
165
Kuwait
98.0
2018
166
Rwanda
95.5
2018
167
Finland
90.0
2018
168
Seychelles
85.0
2018
169
Republic of Ireland
82.0
2018
170
Solomon Islands
80.0
2018
171
Norway
79.0
2018
172
Djibouti
76.0
2018
173
Oman
68.0
2018
174
Singapore
64.0
2018
175
Switzerland
63.0
2018
176
Marshall Islands
56.0
2018
177
Luxembourg
55.0
2018
178
Brunei
52.5
2018
179
Palau
52.0
2018
180
San Marino
52.0
2018
181
Bhutan
52.0
2018
182
Estonia
50.0
2018
183
Qatar
41.0
2018
184
Saudi Arabia
39.0
2018
185
Hong Kong
34.5
2018
186
Bahrain
28.5
2018
187
United Arab Emirates
12.0
2018
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