European Union Compared by Government > Time to prepare and pay taxes > Hours
DEFINITION:
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.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Czech Republic | 930 hours | 2006 | ||
2 | Bulgaria | 616 hours | 2006 | ||
3 | Spain | 602 hours | 2006 | ||
4 | Italy | 360 hours | 2006 | ||
5 | Slovakia | 344 hours | 2006 | ||
6 | Portugal | 328 hours | 2006 | ||
7 | Latvia | 320 hours | 2006 | ||
8 | Hungary | 304 hours | 2006 | ||
=9 | Slovenia | 272 hours | 2006 | ||
=9 | Austria | 272 hours | 2006 | ||
11 | Finland | 264 hours | 2006 | ||
12 | Netherlands | 250 hours | 2006 | ||
13 | Greece | 204 hours | 2006 | ||
14 | Romania | 198 hours | 2006 | ||
15 | Croatia | 196 hours | 2006 | ||
16 | Poland | 175 hours | 2006 | ||
17 | Lithuania | 162 hours | 2006 | ||
18 | Belgium | 160 hours | 2006 | ||
19 | Denmark | 135 hours | 2006 | ||
20 | France | 128 hours | 2006 | ||
21 | Sweden | 122 hours | 2006 | ||
=22 | United Kingdom | 105 hours | 2006 | ||
=22 | Germany | 105 hours | 2006 | ||
24 | Estonia | 104 hours | 2006 | ||
25 | Ireland | 76 hours | 2006 |
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- Germany ranked second last for time to prepare and pay taxes > hours amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2006.
- Belarus ranked first for time to prepare and pay taxes > hours amongst Landlocked countries in 2006.