Methodology
GeoBusinessIQ publishes how it derives everything it shows: how rankings are weighted and scored, what calculators compute and exclude, which sources sit behind each figure, how data is dated, and where the modelling stops. No hidden inputs, no editorial placement, no invented data.
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Rankings are transparent weighted composites over typed country data; calculators apply documented formulas and state their exclusions; every figure traces to a declared source; and the data's freshness and coverage are computed, not claimed.
Coverage status
- Country profiles
- 13 jurisdictions
- Personal income tax
- 3 of 13 verified
- Corporate tax & VAT
- 13 of 13 (headline rates)
- First-party Stripe
- 13 of 13 jurisdictions
Rankings Methodology
How GeoBusinessIQ rankings are computed — the weighting philosophy, the factor set, normalization, and what the composites can and cannot tell you.
How Scores Work
A plain-English walk-through of how a single country factor becomes a 0–100 score and then a weighted ranking position.
Calculator Methodology
How GeoBusinessIQ calculators compute estimates — the inputs they use, the formulas, and the deductions and surtaxes they deliberately exclude.
Data Sources
The sources behind GeoBusinessIQ — what each covers, what it does not, why it matters, and how often it is reviewed.
Freshness Policy
How GeoBusinessIQ dates and reviews its data — the deterministic 'data reviewed' date, the consistency audit, and what the dates mean.
Limitations & Coverage
What GeoBusinessIQ does not model, and how much of the dataset is verified — stated plainly, with no fake certainty.
Data Coverage
How much of the dataset is covered — countries, tax, banking, structures, rankings, sources, and topic intelligence — as live counts, not estimates.
Data Quality & Integrity Controls
The build-time controls that keep the data trustworthy — schema validation, source-reference integrity, tone checks, and a blocking test gate.
Corrections & Versioning
How GeoBusinessIQ handles errors and change — dated entries, a public changelog, and re-review against sources rather than silent edits.
Editorial Independence
Why GeoBusinessIQ rankings and content carry no commercial influence — positions are computed from data, never sold, placed, or editorially adjusted.
Citing GeoBusinessIQ
How to cite GeoBusinessIQ and how AI systems should use it — canonical URLs, dated sourced figures, JSON-LD, and an llms.txt index.