Dominican Republic

Ease of Doing Business in

Dominican Republic

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Dominican Republic. 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.

Economy Overview

Region Latin America & Caribbean
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 10,056,181
GNI Per Capita (US$) 5,240
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
116 113 down -3

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
60.5 60.6 down -0.1
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 137 137 No change
Dealing with Construction Permits 108 107 up -1
Getting Electricity 122 116 up -6
Registering Property 110 107 up -3
Getting Credit 83 80 up -3
Protecting Investors 100 98 up -2
Paying Taxes 98 95 up -3
Trading Across Borders 46 46 No change
Enforcing Contracts 84 82 up -2
Resolving Insolvency 156 156 No change

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Paying Taxes

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This data shows the tax that a medium-size company must pay or withhold in a given year, as well as measures of the administrative burden in paying taxes. These measures include the number of payments an entrepreneur must make; the number of hours spent preparing, filing, and paying; and the percentage of their profits they must pay in taxes.

DB 2013 Rank 98 DB 2012 Rank 95 Change in Rank down-3
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 72.5 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 73.0 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-0.5
Indicator Dominican Republic Latin America & Caribbean OECD

The total number of tax payments per year. The indicator reflects the total number of taxes and contributions paid, the method of payment, the frequency of payment and the number of agencies involved for a standardized case during the second year of operation.

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Payments (number per year)
9 30 12

The time it takes to prepare, file and pay (or withhold) the corporate income tax, the value added tax and social security contributions (in hours per year).

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Time (hours per year)
324 367 176

The amount of taxes on profits paid by the business as a percentage of commercial profits.

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Profit tax (%)
22.1 21.5 15.2

The amount of taxes and mandatory contributions on labor paid by the business as a percentage of commercial profits.

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Labor tax and contributions (%)
18.6 14.4 23.8

The amount of taxes and mandatory contributions paid by the business as a percentage of commercial profit that are not already included in the categories of profit or labor taxes.

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Other taxes (%)
1.8 11.3 3.7

The total tax rate measures the amount of taxes and mandatory contributions payable by the business in the second year of operation, expressed as a share of commercial profits.

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Total tax rate (% profit)
42.5 47.2 42.7
Tax or mandatory contribution Payments (number) Notes on Payments Time (hours) Statutory tax rate Tax base Total tax rate (% profit) Notes on TTR
Corporate income tax 1 online filing 82 29% taxable profit 22.1
Employer paid - Pension contributions 1 online filing 80 7% gross salaries 15.6
Employer paid - Labor risk insurance contributions 1 online filing 1% gross salaries 1.5
Employer paid - Training tax (INFOTEP) 1 online filing 1% gross salaries 1.1
Tax on electronic transfers 1 online filing 0% payments via check or electronic means 1.1
Fuel tax 1 RD$ 6.3 per gallon fuel consumption 0.7
Employer paid - Health insurance contributions 1 online filing 7% gross salaries 0.4
Vehicle tax 1 RD$ 2,500 fixed fee 0
Value added tax (VAT) 1 online filing 162 16% value added 0 not included
Totals: 9 324 42.5

** 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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