Time to prepare and pay taxes rose 0% to 93.0 hours in Finland in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, time to prepare and pay taxes in Finland reached an all time high of 269 hours in 2008 and an all time low of 93.0 hours in 2011. When compared to Finland's main peers, time to prepare and pay taxes in Australia amounted to 105 hours, 221 hours in Indonesia, 152 hours in New Zealand and 209 hours in Papua New Guinea in 2016.
Finland has been ranked 155th within the group of 170 countries we follow in terms of time to prepare and pay taxes, 69 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 |
| Australia | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 105 | 105 | 105 | 105 | 105 | ||||||||||
| Finland | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 93.0 | 93.0 | 93.0 | 93.0 | 93.0 | ||||||||||
| Indonesia | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 259 | 253 | 234 | 221 | 208 | ||||||||||
| Malaysia | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 133 | 133 | 118 | 164 | 188 | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 152 | 152 | 152 | 152 | 140 | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 207 | 209 | 209 | 209 | 199 | ||||||||||
| Philippines | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 193 | 193 | 191 | 186 | 182 | ||||||||||
| Singapore | hours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 83.5 | 83.5 | 83.5 | 66.5 | 64.0 |
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