Paying Taxes 2008

Paying taxes is a unique annual report from PwC and the World Bank, which facilitates the direct comparison of tax systems in 178 countries worldwide, and ranks each country according to the relative ease of paying taxes.

The Paying taxes data, produced as part of the World Bank’s Doing Business study, highlights how businesses are affected not only by corporate income taxes, but also by many other taxes. In addition, it shows how the procedural burden of tax compliance impacts companies. Paying taxes 2008 focuses on three indicators: the number of tax payments made, the time it takes to comply, and the cost of taxes, in order to determine the overall ease of paying taxes.