Where taxes are quickest.Nothing is certain but death and taxes, but just how excruciating either will be varies tremendously depending on the method. An October October: see month. report from the World Bank charts how much time medium-sized Me´di`um-sized` a. 1. Having a medium size; as, a medium-sized man s>. Adj. 1. medium-sized - intermediate in size medium-size, moderate-size, moderate-sized companies in various countries spend on their tax returns. In business-friendly Singapore Singapore (sĭng`gəpôr, sĭng`ə–, sĭng'gəpôr`), officially Republic of Singapore, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,426,000), 240 sq mi (625 sq km). , companies spend just 30 hours a year to prepare, file, and pay their taxes. Ireland is almost as impressive: Enterprises there finish their returns in a speedy 76 hours. Compare that with Belarus, where taxes take 1,188 hours and require companies to file 125 payments annually. Brazil's Byzantine tax structure takes the cake, though, necessitating 2,800 hours each year of paper pushing and calculator calculator or calculating machine, device for performing numerical computations; it may be mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic. The electronic computer is also a calculator but performs other functions as well. punching. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] |
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