Time to prepare and pay taxes rose 0% to 55.0 hours in Luxembourg in 2019, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, time to prepare and pay taxes in Luxembourg reached an all time high of 59.0 hours in 2012 and an all time low of 55.0 hours in 2014. When compared to Luxembourg's main peers, time to prepare and pay taxes in Belgium amounted to 136 hours, 139 hours in France, 218 hours in Germany and 119 hours in Netherlands in 2019.
Luxembourg has been ranked 164th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of time to prepare and pay taxes, 4 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 |
| Austria | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 166 | 131 | 131 | 131 | 131 | ||||||||||
| Belgium | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 135 | 135 | 136 | 136 | 136 | ||||||||||
| Denmark | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 132 | 132 | 132 | 132 | 132 | ||||||||||
| France | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 137 | 137 | 137 | 139 | 139 | ||||||||||
| Germany | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 218 | 218 | 218 | 218 | 218 | ||||||||||
| Italy | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 269 | 269 | 269 | 240 | 238 | ||||||||||
| Luxembourg | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55.0 | 55.0 | 55.0 | 55.0 | 55.0 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 120 | 120 | 120 | 119 | 119 | ||||||||||
| Poland | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 286 | 286 | 269 | 269 | 258 | ||||||||||
| Spain | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 167 | 167 | 158 | 152 | 152 | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 105 | 105 | 105 | 105 | 105 |
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