Paying Taxes 2008
Tax reforms that make it easier for firms to pay taxes can increase government revenues by broadening the tax base. Paying Taxes 2008 is the second report in an annual series by the World Bank, IFC, and PricewaterhouseCoopers covering 178 countries worldwide.
The time to comply with the tax system in Brazil is some 2,600 hours; the equivalent measure in India is 271 hours. This puts India on a par with the average hours to comply in both the G8 (254 hours) and EU (257 hours) but leaves Brazil at the bottom of the world ranking on this measure alone.