St. Lucia

Ease of Doing Business in

St. Lucia

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for St. Lucia. 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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Economy Summary
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 Latin America & Caribbean
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 176,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 6,680
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
53 51 down -2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
64.1 64.0 down 0.1
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 51 52 up 1
Dealing with Construction Permits 11 11 No change
Getting Electricity 12 16 up 4
Registering Property 117 114 up -3
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 32 29 up -3
Paying Taxes 43 42 up -1
Trading Across Borders 109 110 up 1
Enforcing Contracts 168 167 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 61 59 up -2

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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 43 DB 2012 Rank 42 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 76.1 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 76.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-0.1
Indicator St. Lucia 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.

View methodology Payments (number per year)
32 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).

View methodology Time (hours per year)
92 367 176

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

View methodology Profit tax (%)
25.8 21.5 15.2

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

View methodology Labor tax and contributions (%)
5.6 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.

View methodology Other taxes (%)
3.1 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.

View methodology Total tax rate (% profit)
34.6 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 11 30% taxable profit 25.8
Employer paid - Social security contributions 12 51 5% gross salaries 5.6
Property transfer tax (stamp duty) 1 4% sale price 2.5
Property tax 1 0% property value 0.6
Vehicle tax 1 size or capacity of vehicle 0.1
Tax on check transactions 1 30 cents per check 0
Tax on insurance contracts 1 3% insurance premium 0
Fuel tax 1 included in fuel price 0
Stamp duty on contracts 1 varies type of contract 0 small amount
Consumption tax 12 30 0-35% cost of goods sold 0 withheld
Totals: 32 92 34.6

** 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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