(Tiper Stock Exchange) – In the first quarter of 2023, 177,725 new VAT numbers were openedwith a decrease of 6.4% compared to the corresponding period last year. This was revealed by the update of the Observatory data on VAT numbers published by the Ministry of the Economy and Finance which shows that the distribution by legal nature shows that 75.1% of new openings were started by natural persons, 19.1% by corporations, 3% by partnerships.
About the territorial division, 48.9% of new openings are located in the North, 21.1% in the Center and 29.8% in the South and Islands. The comparison with the same period of the previous year shows the greatest declines in Basilicata (-24.7%) and Sardinia (-15.8%). Positive variations are recorded in Val d’Aosta (+15.2%) and in Friuli VG (+2.6%).
The classification by production sector shows that the the highest number of VAT registrations concerned professional activities with 21.7% of the total, followed by trade (16.2%) and construction (10%). Among the main production sectors, those that recorded the greatest increases compared to the first quarter of 2022 are accommodation and catering (+13.8%), transport and warehousing (+9.4%) and other services (+7, 7%).
As regards natural persons, the share of new VAT numbers opened by women reached 40.7%. On the other hand, 50.7% were started by young people up to the age of 35 and 30.2% by people aged between 36 and 50.
In the first quarter of 2023 – reads the note from the MEF – they were 96,761 entities have adhered to the flat-rate tax regime, equal to 54.4% of the total of new openings.