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Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes fell 3.05% to 143 hours in Spain in 2019

Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes (hours), 2019
Economy | Spain | April 1, 2022
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Time to prepare and pay taxes fell 3.05% to 143 hours in Spain in 2019, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, time to prepare and pay taxes in Spain reached an all time high of 298 hours in 2007 and an all time low of 143 hours in 2019. When compared to Spain's main peers, time to prepare and pay taxes in France amounted to 139 hours, 238 hours in Italy, 155 hours in Morocco and 243 hours in Portugal in 2019.

Spain has been ranked 128th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of time to prepare and pay taxes, 30 places below the position seen 10 years ago.

Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes Unit 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Algeria hours ... ... ... ... ... ... 451 385 385 265 265
Austria hours ... ... ... ... ... ... 166 131 131 131 131
Belgium hours ... ... ... ... ... ... 135 135 136 136 136
France hours ... ... ... ... ... ... 137 137 137 139 139
Germany hours ... ... ... ... ... ... 218 218 218 218 218
Ireland hours ... ... ... ... ... ... 79.0 79.0 81.0 81.0 81.0
Italy hours ... ... ... ... ... ... 269 269 269 240 238
Mauritania hours ... ... ... ... ... ... 696 734 734 300 270
Morocco hours ... ... ... ... ... ... 232 232 211 211 155
Portugal hours ... ... ... ... ... ... 275 275 275 243 243
Slovenia hours ... ... ... ... ... ... 233 233 233 233 233
Spain hours ... ... ... ... ... ... 167 167 158 152 152
Switzerland hours ... ... ... ... ... ... 63.0 63.0 63.0 63.0 63.0
Tunisia hours ... ... ... ... ... ... 144 144 144 144 145