Time to prepare and pay taxes rose 0% to 222 hours in the Czech Republic in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, time to prepare and pay taxes in the Czech Republic reached an all time high of 866 hours in 2005 and an all time low of 222 hours in 2015. When compared to Czech Republic's main peers, time to prepare and pay taxes in Austria amounted to 131 hours, 277 hours in Hungary, 269 hours in Poland and 192 hours in Slovakia in 2016.
Czech Republic has been ranked 81st within the group of 170 countries we follow in terms of time to prepare and pay taxes, 71 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 | ||||||||||
| Czechia | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 230 | 230 | 222 | 222 | 236 | ||||||||||
| Germany | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 218 | 218 | 218 | 218 | 218 | ||||||||||
| Hungary | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 277 | 277 | 277 | 277 | 277 | ||||||||||
| Italy | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 269 | 269 | 269 | 240 | 238 | ||||||||||
| Poland | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 286 | 286 | 269 | 269 | 258 | ||||||||||
| Russia | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 177 | 168 | 168 | 168 | 168 | ||||||||||
| Slovakia | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 207 | 207 | 188 | 192 | 192 | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 63.0 | 63.0 | 63.0 | 63.0 | 63.0 | ||||||||||
| Ukraine | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 386 | 346 | 346 | 356 | 328 |
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