VAT numbers, over 300 thousand disappeared in era covid

Over 300 thousand VAT numbers disappeared in the covid era. From February 2020, the pre-pandemic month, to last August, the latest available survey, the total number of self-employed workers fell by 302,000 units (-5.8%). This was revealed by the Cgia Studies Office. In the same period, however, employees decreased by 89 thousand (-0.5%). If, in absolute terms, the former fell below the threshold of 5 million (precisely 4,936,000), the latter reached 17,847,000. In short, in a year and a half Covid has put a strain on the Italian world of work, even if the so-called people of VAT numbers have paid the consequences. The CGIA observes the traditional problems that have always plagued micro enterprises (taxes, bureaucracy, lack of credit, etc.), the closures imposed by decree, the limitations on mobility, the collapse of household consumption and the boom -commerce registered in the last year and a half have worsened the situation of many self-employed who have been forced to permanently close their business. These micro realities, we recall, live almost exclusively on internal demand, linked to the territory in which they operate. In 2020 alone, household consumption in Italy fell by about 130 billion euros, money that largely fueled the revenues of the very small businesses that, following this contraction, were no longer able to make ends meet. along the historic centers and in the districts of both large cities and small suburban villages, the number of artisan shops and small commercial shops with the shutters constantly lowered and the lights inside completely off is increasing sharply. naked, but equally worrying, finally denounces the CGIA, are the closures that have also affected freelancers, lawyers, accountants and consultants who carried out their activities in offices / studios located within a condominium.