Paying Taxes

Paying taxes is an important indicator in the doing business report 2008. It gives clear picture upon the number of tax payments made in a year and time factor involved while paying the corporate income tax.

Paying Taxes condition also considers the amount of taxes on profits given by the business owner as a percentage of total profits.

Maldives has been ranked 1 in the paying taxes criterion followed by Singapore.

Paying taxes is an important indicator in the doing business report 2008. It gives clear picture upon the number of tax payments made in a year and time factor involved while paying the corporate income tax.

Paying Taxes condition also considers the amount of taxes on profits given by the business owner as a percentage of total profits.

Maldives has been ranked 1 in the paying taxes criterion followed by Singapore.

Find below the complete rankings among the countries over the world in paying taxes as an important indicator of doing business 2008:

Economy	Paying Taxes 2008	Economy	Paying Taxes 2008	Economy	Paying Taxes 2008	Economy	Paying Taxes 2008
Maldives	1	Comoros	46	Taiwan, China	91	Equatorial Guinea	136
Singapore	2	Belize	47	Nepal	92	Brazil	137
Hong Kong, China	3	Namibia	48	Spain	93	Togo	138
United Arab Emirates	4	Lesotho	49	Paraguay	93	Dominican Republic	139
Oman	5	Rwanda	50	Gabon	93	Côte d’Ivoire	140
Ireland	6	Djibouti	51	Haiti	96	Azerbaijan	141
Saudi Arabia	7	Fiji	52	Iran	97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	142
Kuwait	8	Samoa	53	Syria	98	Armenia	143
New Zealand	9	Turkey	54	Macedonia, FYR	99	Zimbabwe	144
Kiribati	10	Uganda	55	Guyana	100	Sierra Leone	145
Mauritius	11	Malaysia	56	El Salvador	101	Pakistan	146
United Kingdom	12	Ecuador	57	Georgia	102	Argentina	147
Denmark	13	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	58	Eritrea	103	Tunisia	148
Botswana	14	Grenada	59	Tanzania	104	Congo, Dem. Rep.	149
Switzerland	15	Sudan	60	Japan	105	Egypt	150
Norway	16	South Africa	61	Korea	106	Mali	151
Luxembourg	17	Timor-Leste	62	Nigeria	107	Kyrgyz Republic	152
Vanuatu	18	Slovenia	63	Antigua and Barbuda	108	São Tomé and Principe	153
Jordan	19	Dominica	64	Burundi	109	Kenya	154
Latvia	20	Belgium	65	Indonesia	110	Tajikistan	155
Cambodia	21	Portugal	66	Moldova	111	Nicaragua	156
West Bank and Gaza	22	Germany	67	Guinea-Bissau	112	Algeria	157
Suriname	23	Bhutan	68	Czech Republic	113	Sri Lanka	158
Tonga	24	Israel	69	Lao PDR	114	Uzbekistan	159
Canada	25	Micronesia	70	Niger	115	Honduras	160
Solomon Islands	26	Lithuania	71	Guatemala	116	Benin	161
Iceland	27	Mozambique	72	Cape Verde	117	Costa Rica	162
Brunei	28	Palau	73	Albania	118	Guinea	163
Ethiopia	29	Marshall Islands	74	Liberia	119	Senegal	164
Zambia	30	Ghana	75	Angola	120	India	165
Estonia	31	United States	76	Serbia	121	Cameroon	166
St. Lucia	32	Peru	77	Slovakia	122	Colombia	167
Lebanon	33	Malawi	78	Italy	122	China	168
Chile	34	Papua New Guinea	79	Chad	124	Panama	169
Seychelles	35	Austria	80	Poland	125	Jamaica	170
Netherlands	36	Bangladesh	81	Philippines	126	Mauritania	171
Iraq	37	France	82	Hungary	127	Bolivia	172
Afghanistan	38	Finland	83	Vietnam	128	Gambia	173
Puerto Rico	39	Yemen	84	Montenegro	129	Venezuela	174
Swaziland	40	St. Kitts and Nevis	85	Russia	130	Central African Republic	175
Australia	41	Greece	86	Uruguay	131	Congo, Rep.	176
Sweden	42	Madagascar	86	Morocco	132	Ukraine	177
Croatia	43	Bulgaria	88	Burkina Faso	133	Belarus	178
Kazakhstan	44	Thailand	89	Romania	134
Trinidad and Tobago	45	Mongolia	90	Mexico	135

Source: Doing Business Database