Chad

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Chad

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Chad. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 185 economies) and the rankings by each topic. It also lists the economy's distance to frontier (DTF)** measure. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

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Starting a Business
Dealing with Construction Permits
Getting Electricity
Registering Property
Getting Credit
Protecting Investors
Paying Taxes
Trading Across Borders
Enforcing Contracts
Resolving Insolvency
Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Income Category Low income
Population 11,525,496
GNI Per Capita (US$) 690
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
184 185 down 1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
31.2 30.5 down 0.7
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 181 185 up 4
Dealing with Construction Permits 127 126 up -1
Getting Electricity 149 147 up -2
Registering Property 140 144 up 4
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 158 155 up -3
Paying Taxes 184 182 up -2
Trading Across Borders 180 179 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 167 166 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 185 185 No change

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The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.

DB 2013 Rank 181 DB 2012 Rank 185 Change in Rank up4
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 35.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 30.1 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up5.5
Indicator Chad Sub-Saharan Africa OECD

The total number of procedures required to register a firm. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company founders with external parties (for example, government agencies, lawyers, auditors or notaries).

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9 8 5

The total number of days required to register a firm. The measure captures the median duration that incorporation lawyers indicate is necessary to complete a procedure with minimum follow-up with government agencies and no extra payments.

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62 34 12

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. It includes all official fees and fees for legal or professional services if such services are required by law.

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
202.0 67.3 4.5

The amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a notary before registration and up to 3 months following incorporation and is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita.

View methodology Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
289.4 116.0 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Open a bank account, deposit the legally required initial capital in a bank and obtain deposit evidence 1 day no charge
2 Check the uniqueness of the company name and pick up a company registration form 1 day no charge
3 Notarize the company’s deeds and articles of association 8 days XAF 172,760
4 Register the articles of association with the Service d’Enregistrement, des Domaines et du Timbre 2 days XAF 121,656
5 Register at the Centre de Formalite des Entreprises (Registration with RCCM, Administrative authorization from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Tax registration, Registration with CNSS) 2-3 weeks XAF 10,000 (Fee for the CFE) + XAF 42,000 (Fee for ANIE) + XAF 8,000 (RCCM) + XAF 20,000 (Tresor public) + XAF 3,000 (Stamps) + XAF 5,000 (Chamber of commerce)
6 Make a formal announcement through legal journals/newspapers proclaiming the existence of the company 3 days XAF 50,000 in legal journal, variable in a newspaper
* 7 Pay the patente (Direction des Impots) 1 day (simultaneous with procedure 6) XAF 247,390 (see details)
* 8 Submission of the Internal Regulation Code to the Labor Inspection Office (Inspection du Travail) 30 days (simultaneous with procedure 6) no charge
* 9 Make a company seal 7 days (simultaneous with procedure 6) XAF 18,000
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

** The distance to frontier (DTF) measure shows the distance of each economy to the "frontier," which represents the highest performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies included in Doing Business since each indicator was included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier. Read more...

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