Mongolia ranks 76th overall in the ease of doing business, with a distance to frontier score of 61.36. Specifically, Mongolia ranks 25th in starting a business, 107th in dealing with construction permits, 162nd in getting electricity, 27th in registering property, 55th in getting credit, 22nd in protecting investors, and 76th in enforcing contracts. Mongolia has made improvements in starting a business by reducing procedures and time. However, challenges remain such as the time required to get construction permits and the high cost of electricity.
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CONTENTS
Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 4
The business environment .......................................................................................................... 5
Starting a business ..................................................................................................................... 14
Dealing with construction permits........................................................................................... 23
Getting electricity....................................................................................................................... 33
Registering property.................................................................................................................. 41
Getting credit.............................................................................................................................. 50
Protecting investors................................................................................................................... 57
Paying taxes................................................................................................................................ 66
Trading across borders .............................................................................................................. 73
Enforcing contracts .................................................................................................................... 81
Resolving insolvency.................................................................................................................. 90
Employing workers .................................................................................................................... 95
Data notes................................................................................................................................. 102
Resources on the Doing Business website ............................................................................ 108
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INTRODUCTION
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 11 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.
In a series of annual reports Doing Business presents
quantitative indicators on business regulations and the
protection of property rights that can be compared
across 189 economies, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe,
over time. The data set covers 47 economies in Sub-
Saharan Africa, 33 in Latin America and the Caribbean,
25 in East Asia and the Pacific, 25 in Eastern Europe
and Central Asia, 20 in the Middle East and North
Africa and 8 in South Asia, as well as 31 OECD high-
income economies. 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 Mongolia. 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, 2013 (except for
the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period
January–December 2012).
The Doing Business methodology has limitations. Other
areas important to business—such as an economy’s
proximity to large markets, the quality of its
infrastructure services (other than those related to
trading across borders and getting electricity), the
security of property from theft and looting, the
transparency of government procurement,
macroeconomic conditions or the underlying strength
of institutions—are not directly studied by Doing
Business. The indicators refer to a specific type of
business, generally a local limited liability company
operating in the largest business city. Because
standard assumptions are used in the data collection,
comparisons and benchmarks are valid across
economies. The data not only highlight the extent of
obstacles to doing business; they also help identify the
source of those obstacles, supporting policy makers in
designing regulatory reform.
More information is available in the full report. Doing
Business 2014 presents the indicators, analyzes their
relationship with economic outcomes and presents
business regulatory reforms. The data, along with
information on ordering Doing Business 2014, are
available on the Doing Business website at
http://www.doingbusiness.org.
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THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
For policy makers trying to improve their economy’s
regulatory environment for business, a good place to
start is to find out how it compares with the regulatory
environment in other economies. Doing Business
provides an aggregate ranking on the ease of doing
business based on indicator sets that measure and
benchmark regulations applying to domestic small to
medium-size businesses through their life cycle.
Economies are ranked from 1 to 189 by the ease of
doing business index. For each economy the index is
calculated as the ranking on the simple average of its
percentile rankings on each of the 10 topics included in
the index in Doing Business 2014: starting a business,
dealing with construction permits, getting electricity,
registering property, getting credit, protecting
investors, paying taxes, trading across borders,
enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. The
ranking on each topic is the simple average of the
percentile rankings on its component indicators (see
the data notes for more details). The employing workers
indicators are not included in this year’s aggregate ease
of doing business ranking, but the data are presented
in this year’s economy profile.
The aggregate ranking on the ease of doing business
benchmarks each economy’s performance on the
indicators against that of all other economies in the
Doing Business sample (figure 1.1). While this ranking
tells much about the business environment in an
economy, it does not tell the whole story. The ranking on
the ease of doing business, and the underlying
indicators, do not measure all aspects of the business
environment that matter to firms and investors or that
affect the competitiveness of the economy. Still, a high
ranking does mean that the government has created a
regulatory environment conducive to operating a
business.
ECONOMY OVERVIEW
Region: East Asia & Pacific
Income category: Lower middle income
Population: 2,796,484
GNI per capita (US$): 3,160
DB2014 rank: 76
DB2013 rank: 80*
Change in rank: 4
DB 2014 DTF: 61.36
DB 2013 DTF: 60.19
Change in DTF: 1.16
* DB2013 ranking shown is not last year’s published
ranking but a comparable ranking for DB2013 that
captures the effects of such factors as data
corrections and the addition of 4 economies (Libya,
Myanmar, San Marino and South Sudan) to the
sample this year. See the data notes for sources and
definitions.
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THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Figure 1.1 Where economies stand in the global ranking on the ease of doing business
Source: Doing Business database.
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THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
For policy makers, knowing where their economy
stands in the aggregate ranking on the ease of
doing business is useful. Also useful is to know how
it ranks relative to comparator economies and
relative to the regional average (figure 1.2). The
economy’s rankings on the topics included in the
ease of doing business index provide another
perspective (figure 1.3).
Figure 1.2 How Mongolia and comparator economies rank on the ease of doing business
Source: Doing Business database.
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THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Figure 1.3 How Mongolia ranks on Doing Business topics
Source: Doing Business database.
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THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Just as the overall ranking on the ease of doing business
tells only part of the story, so do changes in that ranking.
Yearly movements in rankings can provide some indication
of changes in an economy’s regulatory environment for
firms, but they are always relative.
Moreover, year-to-year changes in the overall rankings do
not reflect how the business regulatory environment in an
economy has changed over time—or how it has changed
in different areas. To aid in assessing such changes,
Doing Business introduced the distance to frontier
measure. This measure shows how far on average an
economy is from the best performance achieved by any
economy on each Doing Business indicator since 2005,
except for the getting electricity indicators, which were
introduced in 2009.
Comparing the measure for an economy at 2 points in
time allows users to assess how much the economy’s
regulatory environment as measured by Doing Business
has changed over time—how far it has moved toward (or
away from) the most efficient practices and strongest
regulations in areas covered by Doing Business (figure 1.4).
Figure 1.4 How far has Mongolia come in the areas measured by Doing Business?
Note: The distance to frontier measure shows how far on average an economy is from the best performance achieved by any
economy on each Doing Business indicator since 2005, except for the getting electricity indicators, which were introduced in 2009. The
measure is normalized to range between 0 and 100, with 100 representing the best performance (the frontier). The overall distance to
frontier is the average of the distance to frontier in the first 9 indicator sets shown in the figure and does not include getting
electricity. Data on the overall distance to frontier including getting electricity is available at
http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/distance-to-frontier. See the data notes for more details on the distance to frontier measure.
Source: Doing Business database.
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THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
The absolute values of the indicators tell another part
of the story (table 1.1). The indicators, on their own or
in comparison with the indicators of a good practice
economy or those of comparator economies in the
region, may reveal bottlenecks reflected in large
numbers of procedures, long delays or high costs. Or
they may reveal unexpected strengths in an area of
business regulation—such as a regulatory process that
can be completed with a small number of procedures
in a few days and at a low cost. Comparison of the
economy’s indicators today with those in the previous
year may show where substantial bottlenecks persist—
and where they are diminishing.
Table 1.1 Summary of Doing Business indicators for Mongolia
Indicator
MongoliaDB2014
MongoliaDB2013
ChinaDB2014
JapanDB2014
KazakhstanDB2014
Korea,Rep.DB2014
RussianFederation
DB2014
Taiwan,ChinaDB2014
Bestperformerglobally
DB2014
Starting a Business
(rank)
25 36 158 120 30 34 88 17 New Zealand (1)
Procedures (number) 5 7 13 8 6 5 7 3 New Zealand (1)*
Time (days) 11.0 12.0 33.0 22.0 12.0 5.5 15.0 10.0 New Zealand (0.5)
Cost (% of income per
capita)
1.5 2.4 2.0 7.5 0.6 14.6 1.3 2.3 Slovenia (0.0)
Paid-in Min. Capital (%
of income per capita)
0.0 0.0 78.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 112 Economies (0.0)*
Dealing with
Construction Permits
(rank)
107 132 185 91 145 18 178 7
Hong Kong SAR,
China (1)
Procedures (number) 20 21 25 14 29 11 36 10
Hong Kong SAR,
China (6)
Time (days) 186.0 216.0 270.0 193.0 157.0 29.0 297.0 94.0 Singapore (26.0)
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Indicator
MongoliaDB2014
MongoliaDB2013
ChinaDB2014
JapanDB2014
KazakhstanDB2014
Korea,Rep.DB2014
RussianFederation
DB2014
Taiwan,ChinaDB2014
Bestperformerglobally
DB2014
Cost (% of income per
capita)
7.6 33.4 344.7 28.1 87.3 123.9 89.0 15.9 Qatar (1.1)
Getting Electricity
(rank)
162 171 119 26 87 2 117 7 Iceland (1)
Procedures (number) 8 8 5 3 6 4 5 4 10 Economies (3)*
Time (days) 104 126 145 105 88 18 162 24 Germany (17)
Cost (% of income per
capita)
742.7 1,012.6 499.2 0.0 65.3 17.7 293.8 49.4 Japan (0.0)
Registering Property
(rank)
27 21 48 66 18 75 17 31 Georgia (1)
Procedures (number) 5 5 4 6 4 7 4 3 4 Economies (1)*
Time (days) 10.5 10.5 29.0 13.0 23.0 9.0 22.0 4.0 New Zealand (1.0)*
Cost (% of property
value)
2.1 2.1 3.6 5.8 0.1 5.1 0.1 6.2 5 Economies (0.0)*
Getting Credit (rank) 55 52 73 28 86 13 109 73 Malaysia (1)*
Strength of legal rights
index (0-10)
6 6 5 7 4 8 3 5 10 Economies (10)*
Depth of credit
information index (0-6)
5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 31 Economies (6)*
Public registry coverage
(% of adults)
58.3 58.9 30.2 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 Portugal (100.0)*
Private bureau
coverage (% of adults)
0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 45.6 100.0 59.2 94.1 22 Economies (100.0)*
Protecting Investors
(rank)
22 21 98 16 22 52 115 34 New Zealand (1)
Extent of disclosure 5 5 10 7 7 7 6 9 10 Economies (10)*
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Indicator
MongoliaDB2014
MongoliaDB2013
ChinaDB2014
JapanDB2014
KazakhstanDB2014
Korea,Rep.DB2014
RussianFederation
DB2014
Taiwan,ChinaDB2014
Bestperformerglobally
DB2014
index (0-10)
Extent of director
liability index (0-10)
8 8 1 6 6 4 2 5 Cambodia (10)
Ease of shareholder
suits index (0-10)
7 7 4 8 7 7 6 5 3 Economies (10)*
Strength of investor
protection index (0-10)
6.7 6.7 5.0 7.0 6.7 6.0 4.7 6.3 New Zealand (9.7)
Paying Taxes (rank) 74 73 120 140 18 25 56 58
United Arab Emirates
(1)
Payments (number per
year)
41 41 7 14 7 10 7 12
Hong Kong SAR,
China (3)*
Time (hours per year) 192 192 318 330 188 187 177 221
United Arab Emirates
(12)
Trading Across Borders
(rank)
181 180 74 23 186 3 157 18 Singapore (1)
Documents to export
(number)
11 11 8 3 10 3 9 5 Ireland (2)*
Time to export (days) 49 49 21 11 81 8 22 10 5 Economies (6)*
Cost to export (US$ per
container)
2,745 2,555 620 890 4,885 670 2,615 655 Malaysia (450)
Documents to import
(number)
13 13 5 5 12 3 10 6 Ireland (2)*
Time to import (days) 50 50 24 11 69 7 21 10 Singapore (4)
Cost to import (US$ per
container)
2,950 2,710 615 970 4,865 695 2,810 720 Singapore (440)
Enforcing Contracts
(rank)
30 31 19 36 27 2 10 84 Luxembourg (1)
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Indicator
MongoliaDB2014
MongoliaDB2013
ChinaDB2014
JapanDB2014
KazakhstanDB2014
Korea,Rep.DB2014
RussianFederation
DB2014
Taiwan,ChinaDB2014
Bestperformerglobally
DB2014
Time (days) 314 314 406 360 370 230 270 510 Singapore (150)
Cost (% of claim) 30.6 30.6 11.1 32.2 22.0 10.3 13.4 17.7 Bhutan (0.1)
Procedures (number) 32 32 37 31 37 33 36 45 Singapore (21)*
Resolving Insolvency
(rank)
133 130 78 1 54 15 55 16 Japan (1)
Time (years) 4.0 4.0 1.7 0.6 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.9 Ireland (0.4)
Cost (% of estate) 8 8 22 4 15 4 9 4 Norway (1)
Outcome (0 as
piecemeal sale and 1 as
going concern)
0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
Recovery rate (cents on
the dollar)
21.6 22.7 36.0 92.8 43.2 82.3 42.8 81.8 Japan (92.8)
Note: DB2013 rankings shown are not last year’s published rankings but comparable rankings for DB2013 that capture the effects of
such factors as data corrections and the addition of 4 economies (Libya, Myanmar, San Marino and South Sudan) to the sample this
year. For more information on “no practice” marks, see the data notes.
* Two or more economies share the top ranking on this indicator. A number shown in place of an economy’s name indicates the
number of economies that share the top ranking on the indicator. For a list of these economies, see the Doing Business website
(http://www.doingbusiness.org).
Source: Doing Business database.
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STARTING A BUSINESS
Formal registration of companies has many
immediate benefits for the companies and for
business owners and employees. Legal entities can
outlive their founders. Resources are pooled as
several shareholders join forces to start a company.
Formally registered companies have access to
services and institutions from courts to banks as
well as to new markets. And their employees can
benefit from protections provided by the law. An
additional benefit comes with limited liability
companies. These limit the financial liability of
company owners to their investments, so personal
assets of the owners are not put at risk. Where
governments make registration easy, more
entrepreneurs start businesses in the formal sector,
creating more good jobs and generating more
revenue for the government.
What do the indicators cover?
Doing Business measures the ease of starting a
business in an economy by recording all
procedures officially required or commonly done in
practice by an entrepreneur to start up and
formally operate an industrial or commercial
business—as well as the time and cost required to
complete these procedures. It also records the
paid-in minimum capital that companies must
deposit before registration (or within 3 months).
The ranking on the ease of starting a business is
the simple average of the percentile rankings on
the 4 component indicators: procedures, time, cost
and paid-in minimum capital requirement.
To make the data comparable across economies,
Doing Business uses several assumptions about the
business and the procedures. It assumes that all
information is readily available to the entrepreneur
and that there has been no prior contact with
officials. It also assumes that the entrepreneur will
pay no bribes. And it assumes that the business:
Is a limited liability company, located in the
largest business city and is 100% domestically
owned.
Has between 10 and 50 employees.
Conducts general commercial or industrial
activities.
WHAT THE STARTING A BUSINESS
INDICATORS MEASURE
Procedures to legally start and operate a
company (number)
Preregistration (for example, name
verification or reservation, notarization)
Registration in the economy’s largest
business city
Postregistration (for example, social security
registration, company seal)
Time required to complete each procedure
(calendar days)
Does not include time spent gathering
information
Each procedure starts on a separate day (2
procedures cannot start on the same day).
Procedures that can be fully completed
online are an exception to this rule.
Procedure completed once final document is
received
No prior contact with officials
Cost required to complete each procedure
(% of income per capita)
Official costs only, no bribes
No professional fees unless services required
by law
Paid-in minimum capital (% of income
per capita)
Deposited in a bank or with a notary before
registration (or within 3 months)
Has a start-up capital of 10 times income per
capita.
Has a turnover of at least 100 times income per
capita.
Does not qualify for any special benefits.
Does not own real estate.
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Where does the economy stand today?
What does it take to start a business in Mongolia?
According to data collected by Doing Business, starting
a business there requires 5 procedures, takes 11.0
days, costs 1.5% of income per capita and requires
paid-in minimum capital of 0.0% of income per capita
(figure 2.1).
Figure 2.1 What it takes to start a business in Mongolia
Paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita): 0.0
Note: Time shown in the figure above may not reflect simultaneity of procedures. Online procedures account for 0.5 days in the
total time calculation. For more information on the methodology of the starting a business indicators, see the Doing Business
website (http://www.doingbusiness.org). For details on the procedures reflected here, see the summary at the end of this
chapter.
Source: Doing Business database.
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STARTING A BUSINESS
Globally, Mongolia stands at 25 in the ranking of 189
economies on the ease of starting a business (figure
2.2). The rankings for comparator economies and the
regional average ranking provide other useful
information for assessing how easy it is for an
entrepreneur in Mongolia to start a business.
Figure 2.2 How Mongolia and comparator economies rank on the ease of starting a business
Source: Doing Business database.
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What are the changes over time?
The benchmarks provided by the economies that over
time have had the best performance regionally or
globally on the procedures, time, cost or paid-in
minimum capital required to start a business (figure
2.3) can help show what is possible in making it easier
to start a business. And changes in regional averages
can show where Mongolia is keeping up—and where it
is falling behind.
Figure 2.3 Has starting a business become easier over time?
Procedures (number)
Time (days)
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STARTING A BUSINESS
Cost (% of income per capita)
Paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)
Note: Ninety economies globally have no paid-in minimum capital requirement. DB2013 rankings shown are not last year’s
published rankings but comparable rankings for DB2013 that capture the effects of such factors as data corrections and
the addition of 4 economies (Libya, Myanmar, San Marino and South Sudan) to the sample this year.
Source: Doing Business database.
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STARTING A BUSINESS
Economies around the world have taken steps making
it easier to start a business—streamlining procedures
by setting up a one-stop shop, making procedures
simpler or faster by introducing technology and
reducing or eliminating minimum capital requirements.
Many have undertaken business registration reforms in
stages—and they often are part of a larger regulatory
reform program. Among the benefits have been
greater firm satisfaction and savings and more
registered businesses, financial resources and job
opportunities.
What business registration reforms has Doing Business
recorded in Mongolia (table 2.1)?
Table 2.1 How has Mongolia made starting a business easier—or not?
By Doing Business report year
DB year Reform
DB2009 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2010 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2011 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2012 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2013
Mongolia made starting a business easier by eliminating the
minimum capital requirement for limited liability companies.
DB2014
Mongolia made starting a business easier by eliminating the
requirement to get company statutes and charters notarized
as well as the requirement to register a new company with the
local tax office.
Note: For information on reforms in earlier years (back to DB2005), see the Doing Business reports
for these years, available at http://www.doingbusiness.org.
Source: Doing Business database.
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What are the details?
Underlying the indicators shown in this chapter for
Mongolia is a set of specific procedures—the
bureaucratic and legal steps that an entrepreneur
must complete to incorporate and register a new
firm. These are identified by Doing Business
through collaboration with relevant local
professionals and the study of laws, regulations and
publicly available information on business entry in
that economy. Following is a detailed summary of
those procedures, along with the associated time
and cost. These procedures are those that apply to
a company matching the standard assumptions
(the “standardized company”) used by Doing
Business in collecting the data (see the section in
this chapter on what the indicators measure).
STANDARDIZED COMPANY
City: Ulan Bator
Legal Form: Limited Liability Company (HHK)
Paid in Minimum Capital Requirement: None
Start-up Capital: 10 times GNI per capita
Summary of procedures for starting a business in Mongolia—and the time and cost
No. Procedure
Time to
complete
Cost to complete
1
Check the uniqueness of company name at the State Registration
Department of the Tax Authority
Once the name has been checked, the State Registration Office gives
the entrepreneur a card authorizing him or her to open a bank account
within the same office. The entrepreneur opens a temporary account at
the bank within the same office and, at the same time, can instruct the
bank to make a payment to the account of the Tax Authority.
1 day MNT 500
2
Pay the registration fee
1 day no charge
3
Register at the State Registration Office, under the General
Department of State Taxation
By registering at GASR Legal Entity Registration Department, the
company also registers for VAT and corporate income tax. The Registry
automatically publishes a notice of company formation. The Registry
issues a letter of approval to open bank accounts. The stamp fee is TG
22,000.
Starting from Feb. 27 2013, GASR prepares periodic updates of new
registrations and provides them to GDT, which updates its own records
without the need for involvement by the new business.
Required documents and other information for LLC registration:
7 days MNT 22,000
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No. Procedure
Time to
complete
Cost to complete
1. Application for registration of legal entity in state registry (Form UB-
03) - 3 copies
2. Name verification slip for legal entity (Form UB-09)
3. Founder’s decision to establish a new legal entity - 2 copies. For a
legal entity with more than one member, meeting minutes and decision
from the founders meeting are required.
4. Articles of association of the legal entity - 3 copies)
5. Notice to open bank account of a legal entity (Form UB-10)
6. Payment receipt for a stamp fee for state registration
7. ID copies of founder(s) - 2 copies
8. Beginning balance sheet - 2 copies
9. Other relevant documents (payment receipts, list of assets, lease
agreement when applicable)
Other related information:
• If there are more than one founder, founders’ meeting minutes and
decision from the founders meeting are required.
• For business activities that require licenses must be registered first
and update registration information after obtaining licenses from
respective authorities.
• If equity is non-financial asset, list of assets (if above Tg 5 million, the
asset has to be evaluated by the Property evaluation agency) and if
financial, the receipt of cash transfer to legal entity’s bank account is
required.
• The address for a legal entity can be the founder’s residential address.
If the property is in applicant’s possession, a copy of property title and
if the property is rented, a lease agreement (a notarized copy is
required if the lease is signed with an individual and a signed and
stamped copy is required if the lease is signed with a legal entity) is
required.
• Form UB 03, founder’s decisions, meeting minutes, decisions from
founder’s meetings, and articles of association have to be signed by
founder(s).
• A slip to open a bank account should be picked up from the Service
windows # 1 and 2 and open a bank account at any bank.
4
Apply for social security with the Social Insurance Department
Registration for social security with the social insurance department at
the district is free (There is no regulated fee/payment for registration
with social insurance office).
Even though it is free of charge, the cost to pay for Social Insurance
Certificate (paper certificate) for the legal entity is MNT5000.
1 day no charge
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No. Procedure
Time to
complete
Cost to complete
5
Make a seal
1 day
MNT 46,000 rush
delivery fee
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
Note: Online procedures account for 0.5 days in the total time calculation.
Source: Doing Business database.
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DEALING WITH CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
Regulation of construction is critical to protect the
public. But it needs to be efficient, to avoid
excessive constraints on a sector that plays an
important part in every economy. Where complying
with building regulations is excessively costly in
time and money, many builders opt out. They may
pay bribes to pass inspections or simply build
illegally, leading to hazardous construction that
puts public safety at risk. Where compliance is
simple, straightforward and inexpensive, everyone
is better off.
What do the indicators cover?
Doing Business records the procedures, time and
cost for a business in the construction industry to
obtain all the necessary approvals to build a
warehouse in the economy’s largest business city,
connect it to basic utilities and register the
property so that it can be used as collateral or
transferred to another entity.
The ranking on the ease of dealing with
construction permits is the simple average of the
percentile rankings on its component indicators:
procedures, time and cost.
To make the data comparable across economies,
Doing Business uses several assumptions about the
business and the warehouse, including the utility
connections.
The business:
Is a limited liability company operating in
the construction business and located in
the largest business city.
Is domestically owned and operated.
Has 60 builders and other employees.
The warehouse:
Is a new construction (there was no
previous construction on the land).
Has complete architectural and technical
plans prepared by a licensed architect or
engineer.
WHAT THE DEALING WITH CONSTRUCTION
PERMITS INDICATORS MEASURE
Procedures to legally build a warehouse
(number)
Submitting all relevant documents and
obtaining all necessary clearances, licenses,
permits and certificates
Submitting all required notifications and
receiving all necessary inspections
Obtaining utility connections for water,
sewerage and a land telephone line
Registering the warehouse after its
completion (if required for use as collateral or
for transfer of the warehouse)
Time required to complete each procedure
(calendar days)
Does not include time spent gathering
information
Each procedure starts on a separate day.
Procedures that can be fully completed online
are an exception to this rule.
Procedure considered completed once final
document is received
No prior contact with officials
Cost required to complete each procedure (%
of income per capita)
Official costs only, no bribes
Will be connected to water, sewerage
(sewage system, septic tank or their
equivalent) and a fixed telephone line. The
connection to each utility network will be 10
meters (32 feet, 10 inches) long.
Will be used for general storage, such as of
books or stationery (not for goods requiring
special conditions).
Will take 30 weeks to construct (excluding all
delays due to administrative and regulatory
requirements).
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Where does the economy stand today?
What does it take to comply with the formalities to
build a warehouse in Mongolia? According to data
collected by Doing Business, dealing with construction
permits there requires 20 procedures, takes 186.0 days
and costs 7.6% of income per capita (figure 3.1).
Figure 3.1 What it takes to comply with formalities to build a warehouse in Mongolia
Note: Time shown in the figure above may not reflect simultaneity of procedures. Online procedures account for 0.5 days in the
total time calculation. For more information on the methodology of the dealing with construction permits indicators, see the
Doing Business website (http://www.doingbusiness.org). For details on the procedures reflected here, see the summary at the
end of this chapter.
Source: Doing Business database.
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DEALING WITH CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
Globally, Mongolia stands at 107 in the ranking of 189
economies on the ease of dealing with construction
permits (figure 3.2). The rankings for comparator
economies and the regional average ranking provide
other useful information for assessing how easy it is for
an entrepreneur in Mongolia to legally build a
warehouse.
Figure 3.2 How Mongolia and comparator economies rank on the ease of dealing with construction permits
Source: Doing Business database.
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DEALING WITH CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
What are the changes over time?
The benchmarks provided by the economies that over
time have had the best performance regionally or
globally on the procedures, time or cost required to
deal with construction permits (figure 3.3) help show
what is possible in making it easier to deal with
construction permits. And changes in regional
averages can show where Mongolia is keeping up—
and where it is falling behind.
Figure 3.3 Has dealing with construction permits become easier over time?
Procedures (number)
Time (days)
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DEALING WITH CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
Cost (% of income per capita)
Note: DB2013 rankings shown are not last year’s published rankings but comparable rankings for DB2013 that capture the
effects of such factors as data corrections and the addition of 4 economies (Libya, Myanmar, San Marino and South Sudan) to
the sample this year. For more information on “no practice” marks, see the data notes.
Source: Doing Business database.
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DEALING WITH CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
Smart regulation ensures that standards are met while
making compliance easy and accessible to all.
Coherent and transparent rules, efficient processes and
adequate allocation of resources are especially
important in sectors where safety is at stake.
Construction is one of them. In an effort to ensure
building safety while keeping compliance costs
reasonable, governments around the world have
worked on consolidating permitting requirements.
What construction permitting reforms has Doing
Business recorded in Mongolia (table 3.1)?
Table 3.1 How has Mongolia made dealing with construction permits easier—or not?
By Doing Business report year
DB year Reform
DB2009 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2010 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2011 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2012 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2013 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2014
Mongolia made dealing with construction permits easier by
eliminating the requirement for a technical review of the
building plans by the state for low- and medium-risk
construction projects.
Note: For information on reforms in earlier years (back to DB2006), see the Doing Business reports
for these years, available at http://www.doingbusiness.org.
Source: Doing Business database.
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DEALING WITH CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
What are the details?
The indicators reported here for Mongolia are
based on a set of specific procedures—the steps
that a company must complete to legally build a
warehouse—identified by Doing Business through
information collected from experts in construction
licensing, including architects, civil engineers,
construction lawyers, construction firms, utility
service providers and public officials who deal with
building regulations. These procedures are those
that apply to a company and structure matching
the standard assumptions used by Doing Business
in collecting the data (see the section in this
chapter on what the indicators cover).
BUILDING A WAREHOUSE
City : Ulan Bator
Estimated
Warehouse Value :
MNT 480,009,117
The procedures, along with the associated time and
cost, are summarized below.
Summary of procedures for dealing with construction permits in Mongolia —and the time and cost
No. Procedure
Time to
complete
Cost to complete
1
Request and obtain environmental impact assessment from the
City Environmental Office
Article 4.6 of the Law on Environmental Impact Assessment, adopted in
1998 and amended on July 20, 2006, provided that authorized
investigators will make a general environmental impact assessment
within 12 working days. If necessary, the related state authority may
extend this time. However, in practice, this takes on average 28 -- 30
days.
28 days no charge
2
Request and obtain land possession agreement and permission to
build.
This agreement can be obtained from the Land Department of the
Municipality.
15 days no charge
3
Request and obtain approval of preliminary drawings from the
Urban Development Department
One letter with drawings is sent to the Urban Development Department
and it is first approved by the Chief Architect of Ulan Bator (within the
Urban Development Department, UDD), then the District Architect, a
member of UDD, approves the drawings and both approvals are
stamped on the same page and sent back to the architect.
14 days MNT 60,000
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No. Procedure
Time to
complete
Cost to complete
4
Request and obtain approval of preliminary drawings from the
Technical Commission
The company must obtain an approval from the Technical Commission
stating that the proposed construction work will not affect any heating,
electrical power, water, sewage or telecommunication lines. The
Technical Commission consists of members from the Heating Network
Authority, Electric Power Network Authority, Water Use Authority,
Telecom Mongolia, Radio Network Authority, Housing and Public
Utilities Authority, Environmental Protection Authority, Hygiene and
Sanitation Control Authority, and Fire Fighting Department. There is no
need for the company to visit each authority separately.
14 days no charge
5
* Request and obtain technical conditions for heating
30 days MNT 11,000
6
* Request and obtain technical conditions for water and sewage
30 days
7
* Request and obtain technical conditions for telephone
connection
30 days
8
Request and obtain approval of final drawings from the Fire
Department
For a building of less than 3000 sq. m., this is obtained from the City
Fire Department. Project drawings are inspected and a fee is calculated
based on a schedule set by the Organization of Special Emergencies.
1 day MNT 150,000
9
Request and obtain approval of final drawings from the Sanitation
Department
14 days MNT 25,000
10
Request and obtain approval of final drawings from the Chief
Architect
Submit a copy of the sketch, working drawing, certificate from the Fire
Department and certificate from the Sanitation department to the Chief
Architect to approve.
7 days MNT 60,000
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No. Procedure
Time to
complete
Cost to complete
11
Request and obtain a license “to engage in the construction
works” (permission to build)
To start the actual construction, BuildCo must obtain a license “to
engage in the construction works” (permission to build) from the Urban
Development and Infrastructure Inspection Unit of the Municipality.
21 days no charge
12
Request and receive inspection from the Water Use Authority
2 days no charge
13
Request and receive inspection from telecom services
1 day no charge
14
Connect to water services through the Water Use Authority
2 days no charge
15
Connect to telecom services
1 day no charge
16
Request on-site inspection from the Technical Commission.
14 days no charge
17
Receive on-site inspection from the Technical Commission and
approval
1 day no charge
18
Request on-site inspection by the State Inspection Authority
1 day no charge
19
Receive on-site inspection and obtain approval of the building by
the State Commission
After the inspection has been completed, the company waits on
average 10 days for approval.
17 days no charge
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No. Procedure
Time to
complete
Cost to complete
20
Register the building in the real estate registry
The Office for Registration of Ownership and Related Rights registers
the right of ownership within 14 days of the application date, and
issues a certificate of ownership. The registration fees to be paid are
equal to 0.01% of the value of the real property.
14 days MNT 48,001
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
Note: Online procedures account for 0.5 days in the total time calculation.
Source: Doing Business database.
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GETTING ELECTRICITY
Access to reliable and affordable electricity is vital
for businesses. To counter weak electricity supply,
many firms in developing economies have to rely
on self-supply, often at a prohibitively high cost.
Whether electricity is reliably available or not, the
first step for a customer is always to gain access by
obtaining a connection.
What do the indicators cover?
Doing Business records all procedures required for
a local business to obtain a permanent electricity
connection and supply for a standardized
warehouse, as well as the time and cost to
complete them. These procedures include
applications and contracts with electricity utilities,
clearances from other agencies and the external
and final connection works. The ranking on the
ease of getting electricity is the simple average of
the percentile rankings on its component
indicators: procedures, time and cost. To make the
data comparable across economies, several
assumptions are used.
The warehouse:
Is located in the economy’s largest
business city, in an area where other
warehouses are located.
Is not in a special economic zone where
the connection would be eligible for
subsidization or faster service.
Has road access. The connection works
involve the crossing of a road or roads but
are carried out on public land.
Is a new construction being connected to
electricity for the first time.
Has 2 stories, both above ground, with a
total surface of about 1,300.6 square
meters (14,000 square feet), and is built on
a plot of 929 square meters (10,000 square
feet).
The electricity connection:
Is 150 meters long and is a 3-phase, 4-wire Y,
140-kilovolt-ampere (kVA) (subscribed
capacity) connection.
WHAT THE GETTING ELECTRICITY
INDICATORS MEASURE
Procedures to obtain an electricity
connection (number)
Submitting all relevant documents and
obtaining all necessary clearances and permits
Completing all required notifications and
receiving all necessary inspections
Obtaining external installation works and
possibly purchasing material for these works
Concluding any necessary supply contract and
obtaining final supply
Time required to complete each procedure
(calendar days)
Is at least 1 calendar day
Each procedure starts on a separate day
Does not include time spent gathering
information
Reflects the time spent in practice, with little
follow-up and no prior contact with officials
Cost required to complete each procedure
(% of income per capita)
Official costs only, no bribes
Excludes value added tax
Is to either the low-voltage or the medium-
voltage distribution network and either overhead
or underground, whichever is more common in
the economy and area where the warehouse is
located. The length of any connection in the
customer’s private domain is negligible.
Requires crossing of a 10-meter road but all the
works are carried out in a public land, so there is
no crossing into other people's private property.
Involves installing one electricity meter. The
monthly electricity consumption will be 0.07
gigawatt-hour (GWh). The internal electrical
wiring has been completed.
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GETTING ELECTRICITY
Where does the economy stand today?
What does it take to obtain a new electricity
connection in Mongolia? According to data collected
by Doing Business, getting electricity there requires 8
procedures, takes 104 days and costs 742.7% of
income per capita (figure 4.1).
Figure 4.1 What it takes to obtain an electricity connection in Mongolia
Note: Time shown in the figure above may not reflect simultaneity of procedures. For more information on the methodology of
the getting electricity indicators, see the Doing Business website (http://www.doingbusiness.org). For details on the procedures
reflected here, see the summary at the end of this chapter.
Source: Doing Business database.
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GETTING ELECTRICITY
Globally, Mongolia stands at 162 in the ranking of 189
economies on the ease of getting electricity (figure
4.2). The rankings for comparator economies and the
regional average ranking provide another perspective
in assessing how easy it is for an entrepreneur in
Mongolia to connect a warehouse to electricity.
Figure 4.2 How Mongolia and comparator economies rank on the ease of getting electricity
Source: Doing Business database.
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GETTING ELECTRICITY
Even more helpful than rankings on the ease of getting
electricity may be the indicators underlying those
rankings (table 4.1). And regional and global best
performers on these indicators may provide useful
benchmarks.
Table 4.1 The ease of getting electricity in Mongolia
Indicator Mongolia DB2014 Mongolia DB2013
Best performer in
East Asia & Pacific
DB2014
Best performer
globally DB2014
Rank 162 171
Hong Kong SAR,
China (5)
Iceland (1)
Procedures (number) 8 8 Timor-Leste* (3) 10 Economies* (3)
Time (days) 104 126 Taiwan, China (24) Germany (17)
Cost (% of income per
capita) 742.7 1,012.6
Hong Kong SAR,
China (1.5)
Japan (0.0)
Note: DB2013 rankings shown are not last year’s published rankings but comparable rankings for DB2013 that capture the
effects of such factors as data corrections and the addition of 4 economies (Libya, Myanmar, San Marino and South Sudan) to
the sample this year.
* Two or more economies share the top ranking on this indicator. For a list of these economies, see the Doing Business website
(http://www.doingbusiness.org).
Source: Doing Business database.
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GETTING ELECTRICITY
Obtaining an electricity connection is essential to
enable a business to conduct its most basic operations.
In many economies the connection process is
complicated by the multiple laws and regulations
involved—covering service quality, general safety,
technical standards, procurement practices and
internal wiring installations. In an effort to ensure
safety in the connection process while keeping
connection costs reasonable, governments around the
world have worked to consolidate requirements for
obtaining an electricity connection. What reforms in
getting electricity has Doing Business recorded in
Mongolia (table 4.2)?
Table 4.2 How has Mongolia made getting electricity easier—or not?
By Doing Business report year
DB year Reform
DB2012 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2013 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2014
Mongolia made getting electricity easier by increasing the
efficiency of the utility’s internal processes, enforcing time
limits at different stages of the connection process and
eliminating the fees for testing the installation.
Source: Doing Business database.
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GETTING ELECTRICITY
What are the details?
The indicators reported here for Mongolia are based
on a set of specific procedures—the steps that an
entrepreneur must complete to get a warehouse
connected to electricity by the local distribution
utility—identified by Doing Business. Data are collected
from the distribution utility, then completed and
verified by electricity regulatory agencies and
independent professionals such as electrical engineers,
electrical contractors and construction companies. The
electricity distribution utility surveyed is the one
serving the area (or areas) in which warehouses are
located. If there is a choice of distribution utilities, the
one serving the largest number of customers is
selected.
OBTAINING AN ELECTRICITY CONNECTION
City: Ulan Bator
Name of Utility:
Ulaanbaatar Electricity
Distribution Network
(UBEDN)
The procedures are those that apply to a warehouse
and electricity connection matching the standard
assumptions used by Doing Business in collecting the
data (see the section in this chapter on what the
indicators cover). The procedures, along with the
associated time and cost, are summarized below.
Summary of procedures for getting electricity in Mongolia—and the time and cost
No. Procedure
Time to
complete
Cost to complete
1
Apply to Ulaanbaatar Electricity Distribution Network (UBEDN) for
an electricity connection and await technical conditions
Required documents: application, registration of the company, license of
the company, land ownership documents, required load. A 4- or 5-
member commission within the UEDN meets to consider the request.
15 calendar days MNT 156,000.0
2
Await and obtain an external inspection from UBEDN for
preparation of technical conditions
The utility has to visit the site to determine the best way to connect the
warehouse before the technical conditions can be prepared.
1 calendar day no charge
3
Await completion and approval of the project design of the external
connection completed by a private project design firm
The customer hires a specially licensed project design firm which
develops design of the external connection. Once the design is
completed the project design firm makes an appointment at the utility
and takes the design for approval.
In case that the connection crosses a public road, the project design
company should also approve the project at the Road Department of
22 calendar days MNT 2,500,000.0
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No. Procedure
Time to
complete
Cost to complete
Ulaanbaatar City.
4
Obtain an excavation permit at the Road Police and at the
Organization for Maintenance and Repair of Roads
If the works involve crossing a road then the customer has to obtain
permission for these works in 2 government organizations. The first
organization is called Road Police and the second is Organization for
Maintenance and Repair of Roads.
30 calendar days MNT 2,000,000.0
5
Await completion of the external connection works by a private
electrical contractor.
The customer hires a licensed electrical contractor who installs a
transformer which is required in the assumed case. The electrical
contractor also installs the meter.
30 calendar days USD 20,000.0
6
Await external inspection of the completed works by a special
committee
A committee consisting of an employee of the utility and an employee of
the department specializing in electrical issues at government
organization which includes all inspectorates for various industries visits
the site. At this point the electrical contractor presents his/her license for
the electrical works and technical reports on the installation ((1) working
drawings (showing the electricity connections and cable layouts); (2) a
statement of whether there have been any changes from the original
drawings submitted; (3) a statement listing all persons that have worked
on installing the electrical equipment. The purpose of this statement is to
check whether the work has been done by properly licensed electricians;
(4) a statement certifying that all technical work complies with safety and
technical regulations). Internal wiring is also checked at this point.
If everything is in order during the inspection then the electrical
contractor usually but sometimes the customer has to receive a final
permission for a power turn on at the utility. This involves taking a
special form to 5-7 people to be signed.
4 calendar days MNT 450,000.0
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No. Procedure
Time to
complete
Cost to complete
7
Customer signs a supply contract for consumption of electricity at
UBEDN
Once the customer has permission for power turn on, he/she can visit
the supply department at the utility and sign a supply contract for
consumption of electricity.
2 calendar days no charge
8
Await for the meter to be sealed by UBEDN and electricity starts
flowing.
When the permission for a power turn on is completed, a utility
employee comes to the site to seal the meter and electricity starts
flowing.
1 calendar day no charge
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
Source: Doing Business database.
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REGISTERING PROPERTY
Ensuring formal property rights is fundamental.
Effective administration of land is part of that. If
formal property transfer is too costly or
complicated, formal titles might go informal
again. And where property is informal or poorly
administered, it has little chance of being
accepted as collateral for loans—limiting access to
finance.
What do the indicators cover?
Doing Business records the full sequence of
procedures necessary for a business to purchase
property from another business and transfer the
property title to the buyer’s name. The transaction
is considered complete when it is opposable to
third parties and when the buyer can use the
property, use it as collateral for a bank loan or
resell it. The ranking on the ease of registering
property is the simple average of the percentile
rankings on its component indicators: procedures,
time and cost.
To make the data comparable across economies,
several assumptions about the parties to the
transaction, the property and the procedures are
used.
The parties (buyer and seller):
Are limited liability companies, 100%
domestically and privately owned.
Are located in the economy’s largest
business city.
Have 50 employees each, all of whom are
nationals.
Perform general commercial activities.
The property (fully owned by the seller):
Has a value of 50 times income per capita.
The sale price equals the value.
Is registered in the land registry or cada-
stre, or both, and is free of title disputes.
Is located in a periurban commercial zone,
WHAT THE REGISTERING PROPERTY
INDICATORS MEASURE
Procedures to legally transfer title on
immovable property (number)
Preregistration (for example, checking for liens,
notarizing sales agreement, paying property
transfer taxes)
Registration in the economy’s largest business
city
Postregistration (for example, filing title with
the municipality)
Time required to complete each procedure
(calendar days)
Does not include time spent gathering
information
Each procedure starts on a separate day.
Procedures that can be fully completed online
are an exception to this rule.
Procedure considered completed once final
document is received
No prior contact with officials
Cost required to complete each procedure
(% of property value)
Official costs only, no bribes
No value added or capital gains taxes included
and no rezoning is required.
Has no mortgages attached and has been
under the same ownership for the past 10
years.
Consists of 557.4 square meters (6,000 square
feet) of land and a 10-year-old, 2-story
warehouse of 929 square meters (10,000
square feet). The warehouse is in good
condition and complies with all safety
standards, building codes and legal
requirements. There is no heating system. The
property will be transferred in its entirety.
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REGISTERING PROPERTY
Where does the economy stand today?
What does it take to complete a property transfer in
Mongolia? According to data collected by Doing
Business, registering property there requires 5
procedures, takes 10.5 days and costs 2.1% of the
property value (figure 5.1).
Figure 5.1 What it takes to register property in Mongolia
Note: Time shown in the figure above may not reflect simultaneity of procedures. Online procedures account for 0.5 days in the
total time calculation. For more information on the methodology of the registering property indicators, see the Doing Business
website (http://www.doingbusiness.org). For details on the procedures reflected here, see the summary at the end of this
chapter.
Source: Doing Business database.
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REGISTERING PROPERTY
Globally, Mongolia stands at 27 in the ranking of 189
economies on the ease of registering property (figure
5.2). The rankings for comparator economies and the
regional average ranking provide other useful
information for assessing how easy it is for an
entrepreneur in Mongolia to transfer property.
Figure 5.2 How Mongolia and comparator economies rank on the ease of registering property
Source: Doing Business database.
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REGISTERING PROPERTY
What are the changes over time?
The benchmarks provided by the economies that over
time have had the best performance regionally or
globally on the procedures, time or cost required to
complete a property transfer (figure 5.3) help show
what is possible in making it easier to register
property. And changes in regional averages can show
where Mongolia is keeping up—and where it is falling
behind.
Figure 5.3 Has registering property become easier over time?
Procedures (number)
Time (days)
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REGISTERING PROPERTY
Cost (% of property value)
Note: DB2013 rankings shown are not last year’s published rankings but comparable rankings for
DB2013 that capture the effects of such factors as data corrections and the addition of 4 economies
(Libya, Myanmar, San Marino and South Sudan) to the sample this year. For more information on “no
practice” marks, see the data notes.
Source: Doing Business database.
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REGISTERING PROPERTY
Economies worldwide have been making it easier for
entrepreneurs to register and transfer property—such
as by computerizing land registries, introducing time
limits for procedures and setting low fixed fees. Many
have cut the time required substantially—enabling
buyers to use or mortgage their property earlier. What
property registration reforms has Doing Business
recorded in Mongolia (table 5.1)?
Table 5.1 How has Mongolia made registering property easier—or not?
By Doing Business report year
DB year Reform
DB2009 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2010 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2011 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2012 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2013 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2014 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
Note: For information on reforms in earlier years (back to DB2005), see the Doing Business
reports for these years, available at http://www.doingbusiness.org.
Source: Doing Business database.
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REGISTERING PROPERTY
What are the details?
The indicators reported here are based on a set of
specific procedures—the steps that a buyer and
seller must complete to transfer the property to the
buyer’s name—identified by Doing Business
through information collected from local property
lawyers, notaries and property registries. These
procedures are those that apply to a transaction
matching the standard assumptions used by Doing
Business in collecting the data (see the section in
this chapter on what the indicators cover).
STANDARD PROPERTY TRANSFER
City: Ulan Bator
Property Value: MNT 232,642,455
The procedures, along with the associated time and
cost, are summarized below.
Summary of procedures for registering property in Mongolia—and the time and cost
No. Procedure
Time to
complete
Cost to complete
1
Obtain a non-encumbrance certificate from the Immovable Property
Registration Office
The seller obtains, before signing the contract, the mortgage-free
certification from the Immovable Property Registration Office.
Administrative fees of General Authority for State Registration is
determined by the Government Resolution No. 237 dated September 15,
2010. According to the Government Resolution providing “detailed
reference” relating to immovable property the fees are as follows: MNT
5, 000 to obtain a non-encumbrance certificate within 3 days, expedited
service MNT 10, 000 (to obtain a non-encumbrance certificate within 1
day or 8 business hours).
1 day
MNT 5, 000
(regular) obtained
in 3 days, MNT 10,
000
(expedited)obtaine
d in 1 day or 8
business hours
2
Notarization of the contract of purchase
The contract must be certified by the notary public who is authorized to
operate in the district in which the immovable property is situated. The
contract is prepared by the parties. The authorized representatives of the
parties must be present at the notary office. In Mongolia, a legal entity
cannot own land, only real estate. Thus calculation shall be made only for
the building. As to the land ownership the purchaser after the transfer of
the title of the immovable property, shall make an application to the
Land department of the relevant district to transfer the Land use right to
the purchaser's name. The documentation shall include:
• Non-encumbrance certificate (obtained in Procedure 1)
• Immovable property registration certificate (already in possession of
seller)
• ID card number and registration number of citizen or name, address
and state registration number of legal entity who is certifying
1 day
Notary fees
according to the
following
schedule:
Value of contract
(in MNT) | Notary
fees (in MNT) |
1,000,001 to
10,000,000 | MNT
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No. Procedure
Time to
complete
Cost to complete
documents.
• Permission of citizen, legal entity and authorized organization if
required by law
• Copy of contract
• Copy of power of attorney, if required
• All documents shall be in original or notarized--Notary Law of February
10, 2011 established that the ID cards and the permission of citizen, legal
entity and authorized organization do not need to be notarized any
longer. The originals can be shown and the officer or related agencies
will only keep a copy.
10,000 |
10,000,001 to
25,000,000 | MNT
25,000 |
25,000,001 to
100,000,000 | MNT
50,000 |
100,000,001 to
300,000,000 | MNT
100,000 |
300,000,001 to
500,000,000 | MNT
200,000 |
500,000,001 or
above | MNT
300,000 |
3
Payment of Income or Transfer Tax at a commercial bank
Pursuant to Article 21.6 of the Corporate Income Tax Law, the seller shall
withhold the tax imposed on income from the sale of immovable
property and transfer the withholding to the Budget (relevant local tax
authority) within 10 business days upon the sale of the property.
However, in practice, this tax has to be paid and a receipt acknowledging
the payment of income tax has to be submitted to the Immovable
Property Rights Registration Office for the Procedure 4.
Less than a day
(online
procedure)
2% of property
value
4
Submit application to the Immovable Property Registration Agency
Parties submit relevant materials to the Immovable Property Registration
Agency. At the desk, the officer will check all documents and if satisfied
will receive the application; if not he will note the missing documents
and reject the application. The certificate of ownership will be issued
within 7 days after the Registration Agency analyzes all the
1 day
Standard service
fee MNT 20.000,
rush delivery fee
MNT 40.000
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No. Procedure
Time to
complete
Cost to complete
documentation presented, if the normal procedure is followed but in 1
day if the urgent procedure is chosen. The documentation shall include:
• A request for registration (fill an application form)
• Original immovable property registration certificate.
• A notarized copy of the contract (obtained in Procedure 2)
• Notarized permission of a citizen, legal entity and authorized
organization if required by law
• The origial tax paid slip for income taxes paid at the district tax office
• Receipt of acknowledgement for the tax payment for immovable
property sale as discussed in the Procedure 3.
5
Transfer of the land use right
Ownership of the land belongs to the state. It is prohibited to possess
land without valid land certificate. Land use certificates can only be
issued to the Citizens of Mongolia and legal entities established
organized under the laws of Mongolia. Land authorieis of relevant
districts of Ulaanbaatar deal with land management including issuance,
renewal and transfer of land use right certificate within their districts.
The documentation shall include:
• A request for registration from both parties.
• Copy of the immovable property registration certificate.
• A notarized copy of the contract (obtained in Procedure 2)
• Notarized permission of a citizen, legal entity and authorized
organization if required by law
• The original tax paid slip for income taxes paid at the district tax office
• Receipt acjnowleding the payment of income tax
7 days
MNT 70,000 fee
for new certificate
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
Note: Online procedures account for 0.5 days in the total time calculation.
Source: Doing Business database.
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GETTING CREDIT
Two types of frameworks can facilitate access to
credit and improve its allocation: credit information
systems and borrowers and lenders in collateral and
bankruptcy laws. Credit information systems enable
lenders’ rights to view a potential borrower’s
financial history (positive or negative)—valuable
information to consider when assessing risk. And
they permit borrowers to establish a good credit
history that will allow easier access to credit. Sound
collateral laws enable businesses to use their assets,
especially movable property, as security to generate
capital—while strong creditors’ rights have been
associated with higher ratios of private sector credit
to GDP.
What do the indicators cover?
Doing Business assesses the sharing of credit
information and the legal rights of borrowers and
lenders with respect to secured transactions
through 2 sets of indicators. The depth of credit
information index measures rules and practices
affecting the coverage, scope and accessibility of
credit information available through a public credit
registry or a private credit bureau. The strength of
legal rights index measures whether certain features
that facilitate lending exist within the applicable
collateral and bankruptcy laws. Doing Business uses
case scenarios to determine the scope of the
secured transactions system, involving a secured
borrower and a secured lender and examining legal
restrictions on the use of movable collateral. These
scenarios assume that the borrower:
Is a private, incorporated, limited liability
company.
Has its headquarters and only base of
operations in the largest business city.
WHAT THE GETTING CREDIT INDICATORS
MEASURE
Strength of legal rights index (0–10)
Rights of borrowers and lenders through
collateral laws
Protection of secured creditors’ rights through
bankruptcy laws
Depth of credit information index (0–6)
Scope and accessibility of credit information
distributed by public credit registries and
private credit bureaus
Public credit registry coverage (% of adults)
Number of individuals and firms listed in
public credit registry as percentage of adult
population
Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults)
Number of individuals and firms listed in
largest private credit bureau as percentage of
adult population
Has up to 100 employees.
Is 100% domestically owned, as is the lender.
The ranking on the ease of getting credit is based on
the percentile rankings on the sum of its component
indicators: the depth of credit information index and
the strength of legal rights index.
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Where does the economy stand today?
How well do the credit information system and
collateral and bankruptcy laws in Mongolia facilitate
access to credit? The economy has a score of 5 on the
depth of credit information index and a score of 6 on
the strength of legal rights index (see the summary of
scoring at the end of this chapter for details). Higher
scores indicate more credit information and stronger
legal rights for borrowers and lenders.
Globally, Mongolia stands at 55 in the ranking of 189
economies on the ease of getting credit (figure 6.1).
The rankings for comparator economies and the
regional average ranking provide other useful
information for assessing how well regulations and
institutions in Mongolia support lending and
borrowing.
Figure 6.1 How Mongolia and comparator economies rank on the ease of getting credit
Source: Doing Business database.
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GETTING CREDIT
What are the changes over time?
While the most recent Doing Business data reflect how
well the credit information system and collateral and
bankruptcy laws in Mongolia support lending and
borrowing today, data over time can help show where
institutions and regulations have been strengthened—
and where they have not (table 6.1). That can help
identify where the potential for improvement is
greatest.
Table 6.1 The ease of getting credit in Mongolia over time
By Doing Business report year
Indicator DB2005 DB2006 DB2007 DB2008 DB2009 DB2010 DB2011 DB2012 DB2013 DB2014
Rank .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 52 55
Strength of legal rights
index (0-10)
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Depth of credit
information index (0-6)
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5
Public registry coverage
(% of adults)
2.3 4.7 10.2 10.8 22.7 22.2 19.2 51.4 58.9 58.3
Private bureau
coverage (% of adults)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Note: n.a. = not applicable (the economy was not included in Doing Business for that year). DB2013 rankings shown are not last
year’s published rankings but comparable rankings for DB2013 that capture the effects of such factors as data corrections and
the addition of 4 economies (Libya, Myanmar, San Marino and South Sudan) to the sample this year.
Source: Doing Business database.
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GETTING CREDIT
One way to put an economy’s score on the getting
credit indicators into context is to see where the
economy stands in the distribution of scores across
economies. Figure 6.2 highlights the score on the
strength of legal rights index for Mongolia in 2013 and
shows the number of economies with this score in
2013 as well as the regional average score. Figure 6.3
shows the same thing for the depth of credit
information index.
Figure 6.2 How strong are legal rights for borrowers
and lenders?
Figure 6.3 How much credit information is shared—
and how widely?
Number of economies with each score on strength of legal
rights index (0–10), 2013
Note: Higher scores indicate that collateral and bankruptcy
laws are better designed to facilitate access to credit.
Source: Doing Business database.
Number of economies with each score on depth of credit
information index (0–6), 2013
Note: Higher scores indicate the availability of more credit
information, from either a credit registry or a credit bureau,
to facilitate lending decisions. Regional averages for the
depth of credit information index exclude economies with no
credit registry or credit bureau.
Source: Doing Business database.
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GETTING CREDIT
When economies strengthen the legal rights of lenders
and borrowers under collateral and bankruptcy laws,
and increase the scope, coverage and accessibility of
credit information, they can increase entrepreneurs’
access to credit. What credit reforms has Doing
Business recorded in Mongolia (table 6.2)?
Table 6.2 How has Mongolia made getting credit easier—or not?
By Doing Business report year
DB year Reform
DB2009 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2010 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2011 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2012
Mongolia improved its credit information system by eliminating
the minimum threshold for loans included in the database.
DB2013
Mongolia improved access to credit information by
guaranteeing borrowers’ right to inspect their personal data.
DB2014 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
Note: For information on reforms in earlier years (back to DB2005), see the Doing Business reports
for these years, available at http://www.doingbusiness.org.
Source: Doing Business database.
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What are the details?
The getting credit indicators reported here for
Mongolia are based on detailed information collected
in that economy. The data on credit information
sharing are collected through a survey of a credit
registry and/or credit bureau (if one exists). To
construct the depth of credit information index, a
score of 1 is assigned for each of 6 features of the
credit registry or credit bureau (see summary of
scoring below).
The data on the legal rights of borrowers and lenders
are gathered through a survey of financial lawyers and
verified through analysis of laws and regulations as
well as public sources of information on collateral and
bankruptcy laws. For the strength of legal rights index,
a score of 1 is assigned for each of 8 aspects related to
legal rights in collateral law and 2 aspects in
bankruptcy law.
Summary of scoring for the getting credit indicators in Mongolia
Indicator Mongolia
East Asia & Pacific
average
OECD high income
average
Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 6 7 7
Depth of credit information index (0-6) 5 4 5
Public registry coverage (% of adults) 58.3 35.6 42.9
Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 44.8 73.9
Note: In cases where an economy’s regional classification is “OECD high income,” regional averages above are only
displayed once. Regional averages for the depth of credit information index exclude economies with no credit
registry or credit bureau. Regional averages for the credit registry coverage exclude economies with no credit
registry. Regional averages for the credit bureau coverage exclude economies with no credit bureau.
Strength of legal rights index (0–10) Index score: 6
Can any business use movable assets as collateral while keeping possession of the assets; and
any financial institution accept such assets as collateral ?
Yes
Does the law allow businesses to grant a non possessory security right in a single category of
movable assets, without requiring a specific description of collateral?
Yes
Does the law allow businesses to grant a non possessory security right in substantially all of
its assets, without requiring a specific description of collateral?
Yes
May a security right extend to future or after-acquired assets, and may it extend automatically
to the products, proceeds or replacements of the original assets ?
Yes
Is a general description of debts and obligations permitted in collateral agreements; can all
types of debts and obligations be secured between parties; and can the collateral agreement
include a maximum amount for which the assets are encumbered?
Yes
Is a collateral registry in operation, that is unified geographically and by asset type, with an
electronic database indexed by debtor's names?
No
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Strength of legal rights index (0–10) Index score: 6
Are secured creditors paid first (i.e. before tax claims and employee claims) when a debtor
defaults outside an insolvency procedure?
No
Are secured creditors paid first (i.e. before tax claims and employee claims) when a business is
liquidated?
No
Are secured creditors either not subject to an automatic stay on enforcement when a debtor
enters a court-supervised reorganization procedure, or does the law provide secured
creditors with grounds for relief from an automatic stay or/and sets a time limit to it?
No
Does the law allow parties to agree in a collateral agreement that the lender may enforce its
security right out of court, at the time a security interest is created?
Yes
Depth of credit information index (0–6) Credit bureau Credit registry Index score: 5
Are data on both firms and individuals distributed? No Yes 1
Are both positive and negative data distributed? No Yes 1
Does the registry distribute credit information from
retailers, trade creditors or utility companies as well as
financial institutions?
No No 0
Are more than 2 years of historical credit information
distributed?
No Yes 1
Is data on all loans below 1% of income per capita
distributed?
No Yes 1
Is it guaranteed by law that borrowers can inspect
their data in the largest credit registry?
No Yes 1
Note: An economy receives a score of 1 if there is a "yes" to either private bureau or public registry.
Coverage
Credit bureau
(% of adults)
Credit registry
(% of adults)
Number of firms 0 13,309
Number of individuals 0 1,114,275
Source: Doing Business database.
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PROTECTING INVESTORS
Protecting investors matters for the ability of
companies to raise the capital they need to grow,
innovate, diversify and compete. If the laws do not
protect minority shareholders, investors may be
reluctant to provide funding to companies through
the purchase of shares unless they become the
controlling shareholders. Effective regulations define
related-party transactions precisely, promote clear
and efficient disclosure requirements, require
shareholder participation in major decisions of the
company and set detailed standards of accountability
for company insiders.
What do the indicators cover?
Doing Business measures the strength of minority
shareholder protections against directors’ use of
corporate assets for personal gain—or self-dealing.
The indicators distinguish 3 dimensions of investor
protections: transparency of related-party
transactions (extent of disclosure index), liability for
self-dealing (extent of director liability index) and
minority shareholders’ access to evidence before and
during trial (ease of shareholder suits index). The
ranking on the strength of investor protection index is
the simple average of the percentile rankings on
these 3 indices. To make the data comparable across
economies, a case study uses several assumptions
about the business and the transaction.
The business (Buyer):
Is a publicly traded corporation listed on the
economy’s most important stock exchange (or
at least a large private company with multiple
shareholders).
Has a board of directors and a chief executive
officer (CEO) who may legally act on behalf of
Buyer where permitted, even if this is not
specifically required by law.
The transaction involves the following details:
Mr. James, a director and the majority
shareholder of the company, proposes that
WHAT THE PROTECTING INVESTORS
INDICATORS MEASURE
Extent of disclosure index (0–10)
Approval process for related-party
transactions
Disclosure requirements in case of related-
party transactions
Extent of director liability index (0–10)
Ability of minority shareholders to file a direct
or derivative lawsuit
Ability of minority shareholders to hold
interested parties and members of the
approving body liable for prejudicial related-
party transactions
Available legal remedies (damages, repayment
of profits, fines, imprisonment and rescission
of the transaction)
Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10)
Access to internal corporate documents
(directly or through a government inspector)
Documents and information available during
trial
Strength of investor protection index (0–10)
Simple average of the extent of disclosure,
extent of director liability and ease of
shareholder suits indices
the company purchase used trucks from another
company he owns.
The price is higher than the going price for used
trucks, but the transaction goes forward.
All required approvals are obtained, and all
required disclosures made, though the transaction
is prejudicial to Buyer.
Shareholders sue the interested parties and the
members of the board of directors.
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Where does the economy stand today?
How strong are investor protections against self-
dealing in Mongolia? The economy has a score of 6.7
on the strength of investor protection index, with a
higher score indicating stronger protections (see the
summary of scoring at the end of this chapter for
details).
Globally, Mongolia stands at 22 in the ranking of 189
economies on the strength of investor protection
index (figure 7.1). While the indicator does not
measure all aspects related to the protection of
minority investors, a higher ranking does indicate that
an economy’s regulations offer stronger investor
protections against self-dealing in the areas measured.
Figure 7.1 How Mongolia and comparator economies rank on the strength of investor protection index
Source: Doing Business database.
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PROTECTING INVESTORS
What are the changes over time?
While the most recent Doing Business data reflect how
well regulations in Mongolia protect minority investors
today, data over time show whether the protections
have been strengthened (table 7.1). And the global
ranking on the strength of investor protection index
over time shows whether the economy is slipping
behind other economies in investor protections—or
surpassing them.
Table 7.1 The strength of investor protections in Mongolia over time
By Doing Business report year
Indicator DB2006 DB2007 DB2008 DB2009 DB2010 DB2011 DB2012 DB2013 DB2014
Rank .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 22
Extent of disclosure
index (0-10)
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
Extent of director
liability index (0-10)
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Ease of shareholder
suits index (0-10)
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Strength of investor
protection index (0-
10)
6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.7
Note: n.a. = not applicable (the economy was not included in Doing Business for that year). DB2013 rankings shown are not last
year’s published rankings but comparable rankings for DB2013 that capture the effects of such factors as data corrections and
the addition of 4 economies (Libya, Myanmar, San Marino and South Sudan) to the sample this year.
Source: Doing Business database.
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PROTECTING INVESTORS
One way to put an economy’s scores on the protecting
investors indicators into context is to see where the
economy stands in the distribution of scores across
economies. Figure 7.2 highlights the score on the
extent of disclosure index for Mongolia in 2013 and
shows the number of economies with this score in
2013 as well as the regional average score. Figure 7.3
applies to the extent of director liability index, and
figure 7.4 to the ease of shareholder suits index.
Figure 7.2 How strong are disclosure requirements?
Number of economies with each score on the extent of
disclosure index (0–10), 2013
Note: Higher scores indicate greater disclosure.
Source: Doing Business database.
Figure 7.3 How strong is the liability regime for directors?
Number of economies with each score on the extent of
director liability index (0–10), 2013
Note: Higher scores indicate greater liability of directors.
Source: Doing Business database.
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Figure 7.4 How easy is accessing internal corporate documents?
Number of economies with each score on the ease of
shareholder suits index (0–10), 2013
Note: Higher scores indicate greater minority shareholder
access to evidence before and during trial.
Source: Doing Business database.
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PROTECTING INVESTORS
The scores recorded over time for Mongolia on the
strength of investor protection index may also be
revealing (figure 7.5). Equally interesting may be the
changes over time in the regional average score on
this index.
Figure 7.5 Have investor protections become stronger over time?
Strength of investor protection index (0–10)
Note: The higher the score, the stronger the protections.
Source: Doing Business database.
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PROTECTING INVESTORS
Economies with the strongest protections of minority
investors from self-dealing require detailed disclosure
and define clear duties for directors. They also have
well-functioning courts and up-to-date procedural
rules that give minority shareholders the means to
prove their case and obtain a judgment within a
reasonable time. As a result, reforms to strengthen
investor protections may move ahead on different
fronts—such as through new or amended company
laws, securities regulations or civil procedure rules.
What investor protection reforms has Doing Business
recorded in Mongolia (table 7.2)?
Table 7.2 How has Mongolia strengthened investor protections—or not?
By Doing Business report year
DB year Reform
DB2009 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2010 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2011 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2012 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2013
Mongolia strengthened investor protections by increasing the
disclosure requirements for related-party transactions.
DB2014 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
Note: For information on reforms in earlier years (back to DB2006), see the Doing Business reports for
these years, available at http://www.doingbusiness.org.
Source: Doing Business database.
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What are the details?
The protecting investors indicators reported here for
Mongolia are based on detailed information collected
through a survey of corporate and securities lawyers
about securities regulations, company laws and court
rules of evidence and procedure. To construct the
extent of disclosure, extent of director liability and
ease of shareholder suits indices, scores are assigned
to each based on a range of conditions relating to
disclosure, director liability and shareholder suits in a
standard case study transaction (see the data notes at
the end of this chapter). The summary below shows
the details underlying the scores for Mongolia.
Summary of scoring for the protecting investors indicators in Mongolia
Indicator Mongolia
East Asia &
Pacific average
OECD high income
average
Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 5 5 7
Extent of director liability index (0-10) 8 5 5
Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 7 6 7
Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 6.7 5.3 6.2
Note: In cases where an economy’s regional classification is “OECD high income,” regional averages above are only displayed
once.
Score Score description
Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 5
What corporate body provides legally sufficient
approval for the transaction?
2
Board of directors and Mr. James is
not allowed to vote
Whether disclosure of the conflict of interest by Mr.
James to the board of directors is required?
2 Full disclosure of all material facts
Whether immediate disclosure of the transaction to
the public and/or shareholders is required?
0 No disclosure obligation
Whether disclosure of the transaction in published
periodic filings (annual reports) is required?
1 Disclosure on the transaction only
Whether an external body must review the terms of
the transaction before it takes place?
0 No
Extent of director liability index (0-10) 8
Whether shareholders can sue directly or derivatively
for the damage that the Buyer-Seller transaction
causes to the company?
1 Yes
Whether shareholders can hold Mr. James liable for
the damage that the Buyer-Seller transaction causes
to the company?
2
Liable for unfair/oppressive
transaction or prejudicial to minority
shareholders
Whether shareholders can hold members of the
approving body liable for the damage that the Buyer-
Seller transaction causes to the company?
2
Liable for unfair/oppressive
transaction or prejudicial to minority
shareholders
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Score Score description
Whether a court can void the transaction upon a
successful claim by a shareholder plaintiff?
2
Possible when the transaction is unfair
or entails a conflict of interest
Whether Mr. James pays damages for the harm
caused to the company upon a successful claim by
the shareholder plaintiff?
1 Yes
Whether Mr. James repays profits made from the
transaction upon a successful claim by the
shareholder plaintiff?
0 No
Whether fines and imprisonment can be applied
against Mr. James?
0 No
Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 7
Whether shareholders owning 10% or less of Buyer's
shares can inspect transaction documents before
filing suit?
1 Yes
Whether shareholders owning 10% or less of Buyer's
shares can request an inspector to investigate the
transaction?
0 No
Whether the plaintiff can obtain any documents from
the defendant and witnesses during trial?
4
Any information that may lead to the
discovery of relevant information
Whether the plaintiff can request categories of
documents from the defendant without identifying
specific ones?
0 No
Whether the plaintiff can directly question the
defendant and witnesses during trial?
1 Yes
Whether the level of proof required for civil suits is
lower than that of criminal cases?
1 Yes
Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 6.7
Source: Doing Business database.
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PAYING TAXES
Taxes are essential. They fund the public amenities,
infrastructure and services that are crucial for a
properly functioning economy. But the level of tax
rates needs to be carefully chosen—and needless
complexity in tax rules avoided. According to
Doing Business data, in economies where it is more
difficult and costly to pay taxes, larger shares of
economic activity end up in the informal sector—
where businesses pay no taxes at all.
What do the indicators cover?
Using a case scenario, Doing Business measures
the taxes and mandatory contributions that a
medium-size company must pay in a given year as
well as the administrative burden of paying taxes
and contributions. This case scenario uses a set of
financial statements and assumptions about
transactions made over the year. Information is
also compiled on the frequency of filing and
payments as well as time taken to comply with tax
laws. The ranking on the ease of paying taxes is
the simple average of the percentile rankings on
its component indicators: number of annual
payments, time and total tax rate, with a threshold
being applied to the total tax rate.
1
To make the
data comparable across economies, several
assumptions about the business and the taxes and
contributions are used.
TaxpayerCo is a medium-size business that
started operations on January 1, 2011.
The business starts from the same financial
position in each economy. All the taxes
and mandatory contributions paid during
the second year of operation are recorded.
Taxes and mandatory contributions are
measured at all levels of government.
Taxes and mandatory contributions include
corporate income tax, turnover tax and all
labor taxes and contributions paid by the
company.
A range of standard deductions and
exemptions are also recorded.
WHAT THE PAYING TAXES INDICATORS
MEASURE
Tax payments for a manufacturing company
in 2012 (number per year adjusted for
electronic and joint filing and payment)
Total number of taxes and contributions paid,
including consumption taxes (value added tax,
sales tax or goods and service tax)
Method and frequency of filing and payment
Time required to comply with 3 major taxes
(hours per year)
Collecting information and computing the tax
payable
Completing tax return forms, filing with
proper agencies
Arranging payment or withholding
Preparing separate tax accounting books, if
required
Total tax rate (% of profit before all taxes)
Profit or corporate income tax
Social contributions and labor taxes paid by
the employer
Property and property transfer taxes
Dividend, capital gains and financial
transactions taxes
Waste collection, vehicle, road and other taxes
1
The threshold is defined as the highest total tax rate among the top 15% of economies in the ranking on the total tax rate. It is calculated and
adjusted on a yearly basis. The threshold is not based on any economic theory of an “optimal tax rate” that minimizes distortions or maximizes
efficiency in the tax system of an economy overall. Instead, it is mainly empirical in nature, set at the lower end of the distribution of tax rates
levied on medium-size enterprises in the manufacturing sector as observed through the paying taxes indicators. This reduces the bias in the
indicators toward economies that do not need to levy significant taxes on companies like the Doing Business standardized case study company
because they raise public revenue in other ways—for example, through taxes on foreign companies, through taxes on sectors other than
manufacturing or from natural resources (all of which are outside the scope of the methodology). This year’s threshold is 25.5%.
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Where does the economy stand today?
What is the administrative burden of complying with
taxes in Mongolia—and how much do firms pay in
taxes? On average, firms make 41 tax payments a year,
spend 192 hours a year filing, preparing and paying
taxes and pay total taxes amounting to 24.6% of profit
(see the summary at the end of this chapter for
details).
Globally, Mongolia stands at 74 in the ranking of 189
economies on the ease of paying taxes (figure 8.1). The
rankings for comparator economies and the regional
average ranking provide other useful information for
assessing the tax compliance burden for businesses in
Mongolia.
Figure 8.1 How Mongolia and comparator economies rank on the ease of paying taxes
Source: Doing Business database.
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What are the changes over time?
The benchmarks provided by the economies that over
time have had the best performance regionally or
globally on the number of payments or the time
required to prepare and file taxes (figure 8.2) help
show what is possible in easing the administrative
burden of tax compliance. And changes in regional
averages can show where Mongolia is keeping up—
and where it is falling behind.
Figure 8.2 Has paying taxes become easier over time?
Payments (number per year)
Time (hours per year)
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Total tax rate (% of profit)
Note: DB2013 rankings shown are not last year’s published rankings but comparable rankings for DB2013 that capture the
effects of such factors as data corrections and the addition of 4 economies (Libya, Myanmar, San Marino and South Sudan) to
the sample this year. DB2013 rankings reflect changes to the methodology. For all economies with a total tax rate below the
threshold of 25.5% applied in DB2014, the total tax rate is set at 25.5% for the purpose of calculating the ranking on the ease
of paying taxes.
Source: Doing Business database.
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PAYING TAXES
Economies around the world have made paying taxes
faster and easier for businesses—such as by
consolidating filings, reducing the frequency of
payments or offering electronic filing and payment.
Many have lowered tax rates. Changes have brought
concrete results. Some economies simplifying tax
payment and reducing rates have seen tax revenue
rise. What tax reforms has Doing Business recorded in
Mongolia (table 8.1)?
Table 8.1 How has Mongolia made paying taxes easier—or not?
By Doing Business report year
DB year Reform
DB2009
The employer’s contribution for social insurance has been
reduced from 19% to 11%, effective as of January 1, 2008.
DB2010 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2011 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2012 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2013 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
DB2014 No reform as measured by Doing Business.
Note: For information on reforms in earlier years (back to DB2006), see the Doing Business reports
for these years, available at http://www.doingbusiness.org.
Source: Doing Business database.
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PAYING TAXES
What are the details?
The indicators reported here for Mongolia are
based on a standard set of taxes and contributions
that would be paid by the case study company
used by Doing Business in collecting the data (see
the section in this chapter on what the indicators
cover). Tax practitioners are asked to review
standard financial statements as well as a standard
list of transactions that the company completed
during the year. Respondents are asked how much
in taxes and mandatory contributions the business
must pay and what the process is for doing so.
LOCATION OF STANDARDIZED COMPANY
City: Ulan Bator
The taxes and contributions paid are listed in the
summary below, along with the associated number of
payments, time and tax rate.
Summary of tax rates and administrative burden in Mongolia
Indicator Mongolia
East Asia & Pacific
average
OECD high income
average
Payments (number per year) 41 25 12
Time (hours per year) 192 208 175
Profit tax (%) 10.2 16.4 16.1
Labor tax and contributions (%) 12.4 10.7 23.1
Other taxes (%) 2.0 7.4 2.0
Total tax rate (% profit) 24.6 34.5 41.3
Note: In cases where an economy’s regional classification is “OECD high income,” regional averages above are only displayed
once.
Tax or mandatory
contribution
Payments
(number)
Notes on
payments
Time
(hours)
Statutory
tax rate
Tax base
Total tax
rate (% of
profit)
Notes on
total tax
rate
Employer paid - Social
insurance contributions
12 63 11%
gross
salaries
12.4
Corporate income tax 12 57
10% (25%
for taxable
profit
exceeding
3,000,000,0
00 togrogs)
taxable
profit
10.2
72. 72MongoliaDoing Business 2014
Tax or mandatory
contribution
Payments
(number)
Notes on
payments
Time
(hours)
Statutory
tax rate
Tax base
Total tax
rate (% of
profit)
Notes on
total tax
rate
Property transfer tax 0 paid jointly 0 2%
gross
sales price
1.2
Property tax 1 0 0.6%
property
value
0.6
Tax on interest 0 paid jointly 0 10%
interest
income
0.3
included in
other taxes
Vehicle tax 4 0
varies up
to MNT
100,000
0.2
Value added tax (VAT) 12 72 10%
value
added and
land sale
0
not
included
Totals 41 192 24.6
Source: Doing Business database.