Slovak Republic

Ease of Doing Business in

Slovak Republic

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Slovak 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 OECD high income
Income Category High income
Population 5,440,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 16,070
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
46 46 0

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
70.5 69.6 down 0.9
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 83 78 up -5
Dealing with Construction Permits 46 48 up 2
Getting Electricity 100 101 up 1
Registering Property 8 8 No change
Getting Credit 23 23 No change
Protecting Investors 117 114 up -3
Paying Taxes 100 126 up 26
Trading Across Borders 98 100 up 2
Enforcing Contracts 69 70 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 38 36 up -2

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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 100 DB 2012 Rank 126 Change in Rank up26
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 69.2 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 61.7 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up7.5
Indicator Slovak Republic OECD high income 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)
20 -- 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)
207 -- 176

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

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Profit tax (%)
6.8 -- 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 (%)
39.6 -- 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 (%)
1.5 -- 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)
47.9 -- 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
Social security contributions 1 online filing 62 35% gross salaries 39.6
Corporate income tax 1 42 19% taxable profit 6.8
Fuel tax 1 included in fuel price 0.9
Tax on interest 0 19% interest income 0.5 not included
Property tax 4 various rates per square meter property area 0.4
Motor vehicle tax 1 various rates 0.2
Value added tax (VAT) 12 103 20% value added 0 not included
Totals: 20 207 47.9

** 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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