Significant increase in removals from VAT registers in December

Enterprises
Significant increase in removals from VAT registers in December

After several months during which rather few de-registrations were observed compared to 2019, December shows a record in terms of removals from the VAT registers (+30.7% compared to December 2019). This increase in de-registrations is much more pronounced in Flanders than in Wallonia and remains very low in Brussels.

As a result, for the first time in several years, the number of VAT-registered units decreases in December compared to the previous month. Compared to December 2019, the population of VAT-registered enterprises has however increased by 4%.