United Arab Emirates - Ease of doing business

Time required to get electricity (days)

Definition: Time required to get electricity is the number of days to obtain a permanent electricity connection. The measure captures the median duration that the electricity utility and experts indicate is necessary in practice, rather than required by law, to complete a procedure.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

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Year Value
2009 55.00
2010 55.00
2011 55.00

Firing cost (weeks of wages)

The value for Firing cost (weeks of wages) in United Arab Emirates was 84.00 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 84.00 in 2009 and a minimum value of 84.00 in 2003.

Definition: Firing cost is the cost of advanced notice requirements, severance payments, and penalties due when terminating a redundant worker, expressed in weekly wages. One month is recorded as 4 1/3 weeks.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

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Year Value
2003 84.00
2004 84.00
2005 84.00
2006 84.00
2007 84.00
2008 84.00
2009 84.00

Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits)

Definition: Labor tax and contributions is the amount of taxes and mandatory contributions on labor paid by the business.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

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Year Value
2011 14.10

Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits)

Definition: Other taxes payable by businesses include the amounts paid for property taxes, turnover taxes, and other small taxes such as municipal fees and vehicle and fuel taxes.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

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Year Value
2011 0.00

Profit tax (% of commercial profits)

Definition: Profit tax is the amount of taxes on profits paid by the business.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

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Year Value
2011 0.00

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Business environment