Survivals of VAT-registered enterprises

Purpose and short description Survivals and survival rates of active enterprises subject to VAT since 2008, based on the business register DBRIS, per year, region, economic activity (NACE-BEL), employment class and type of enterprise (natural person or legal entity). Survey population VAT-registered enterprises Periodicity Annual Release calendar Results available 9 months after the reference period Definitions Economic activity (NACE-BEL): Official nomenclature with an ‘X’ at the end when the information is only on 4 positions. NIS employment class: NIS employment class as defined in the official NIS table Number of first registrations: The number of first registrations refers to the number of VAT units which register for the first time for VAT. Methodology In order to produce the statistic on the survival rate of VAT-registered enterprises, we have tracked all enterprises which were for the first time subject to VAT, and we have identified, over the 5 following years, the enterprises concerned retaining this quality. When this information was verified, we have calculated a survival rate for the period concerned. If an enterprise was removed from the VAT register, and is subsequently again subject to VAT, it was excluded the year of the first removal and is therefore not considered as having survived. The survival rate is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of survivals by the number of first registrations for each breakdown in the table. The descriptive variables (type of enterprise, employment, activity) are those of the enterprise on 31/12 of the year of its first VAT registration.