World BankInternational Finance Corporation2017-05-152017-05-152012-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26621This tenth edition of Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting eleven areas in the life cycle of a business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and employing workers. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 185 economies, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, over time. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where and why. This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for the United States. To allow useful comparison, it also provides data for other selected economies (comparator economies) for each indicator. The data in this report are current as of June 1, 2012 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period January - December 2011).en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO SERVICESACCOUNTAUDITSBANK LOANBANKRUPTCYBANKRUPTCY LAWBILLINGBORROWERBUSINESS ENTITYBUSINESS ENTRYBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTBUSINESS INDICATORBUSINESS REGISTRATIONBUSINESS REGULATIONBUSINESSESBUYERCADASTRECAPITAL GAINSCERTIFICATECOLLATERALCOLLATERAL AGREEMENTCOLLATERAL FOR LOANSCOLLATERAL LAWCOLLATERAL REGISTRYCOMMERCECOMMERCIAL ACTIVITIESCOMMERCIAL BUSINESSCOMMERCIAL MORTGAGECOMPANY LAWCOMPETITIVENESSCOMPLIANCE COSTSCONTRACTORSCREDIT HISTORYCREDIT INFORMATIONCREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEMCREDIT SOURCECREDITORSCUSTOMER REQUESTSDATA ENTRYDEBTORDEBTSDEEDDEFAULTSDEPOSITDISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTSDISTRIBUTION NETWORKDISTRIBUTION SYSTEMDOMAINE-MAILELECTRICITYENFORCEMENT PROCEDURESEQUIPMENTFINANCIAL HISTORYFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONFINANCIAL RESOURCESGOOD PRACTICEGOVERNMENT OFFICESIDENTIFICATION NUMBERIMMOVABLE PROPERTYINFORMATION SHARINGINFORMATION SYSTEMINSPECTIONINSTALLATIONINSURANCEINSURANCE COMPANYINSURANCE POLICYINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL FINANCEINVESTOR PROTECTIONISSUANCELEGAL RIGHTSLENDERLENDING DECISIONSLICENSELIENSLIMITED LIABILITYLLCLOCAL BUSINESSLOCAL GOVERNMENTMACROECONOMIC CONDITIONSMATERIALMINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTMINORITY INVESTORSMINORITY SHAREHOLDERMINORITY SHAREHOLDER PROTECTIONSMORTGAGEMOVABLE ASSETSMOVABLE COLLATERALNEW MARKETSNOTARYNOTARY PUBLICONE-STOP SHOPORIGINAL ASSETSOVERHEADPAYROLLPERSONAL ASSETSPOSSESSORY SECURITYPRIVATE CREDITPRIVATE CREDIT BUREAUPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR CREDITPROCUREMENTPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC RECORDPUBLIC REGISTRYPURCHASINGQUERIESREAL PROPERTYREGISTRYREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTREGULATORY REQUIREMENTSREPAYMENTREPORTINGRESERVERESULTSRETURNSSALESSALES AGREEMENTSEARCHSECURITY INTERESTSERVICE PROVIDERSSHAREHOLDERSTOCK EXCHANGETANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTYTAXTAX FORMTECHNICAL STANDARDSTELEPHONETELEPHONE LINETELEPHONE SERVICESTRADE CREDITORSTRADINGTRANSACTIONTRANSACTIONS SYSTEMTRANSLATIONTRANSPARENCYTURNOVERUSERSUSESVERIFICATIONWAREHOUSEWEBWEB SITEReportWorld Bank10.1596/26621