“… gravoso costo social de las burocracias de Estado, cuyos retrasos en el pago del IVA pueden ser catastróficos para autónomos y pequeños empresarios” [ .. ]

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Financial Times dice hoy: La economía española, víctima de la morosidad de las burocracias autonómicas…

Muchas pequeñas y medianas empresas están condenadas a la bancarrota, víctimas del aplazamiento y la morosidad de sus deudores, que aplazan los pagos (cuando pagan) durante meses y meses.

Las burocracias autonómicas -endeudadas hasta el cuello- tardan en pagar una media de 7 a 8 meses (269 días). Algunos gobiernos autonómicos tardan en pagar sus deudas entre año y año y medio.

Consecuencia… la cadena de impagados precipita un rosario de quiebras: cierres, paro, etc.

[ .. ] In Spain, delays are so severe that they have already bankrupted numerous small companies and are undermining normal commercial operations based on the understanding that customers will pay their bills within a reasonable time. “It’s getting worse,” says Robert Tornabell, professor of finance at Esade business school in Barcelona.
The worst offenders are not the small, private businesses on which traders such as Mr Ariza depend, but local and regional governments. Spain’s public bodies have for years been criticised as late payers, and the economic crisis and the fall in government revenues have sharply increased the delays in recent months, affecting sectors from construction to pharmaceuticals.
According to the medical supplies industry, regional governments are paying their invoices an average of 269 days after receiving them. The slowest of the 17 autonomous regions are taking more than 500 days to pay, and the total outstanding debt to sellers of medical drugs and equipment has reached €5.7bn ($7.7bn, £5.1bn). [ .. ] With both the public and private sectors needing to limit their outstanding debt to help restore international confidence in Spain, there is no easy way to solve the problem of late payments. [ .. ] [Financial Times, 25 marzo 2010. Victor Mallet, Spanish business crippled by tardy debtors].

Las negritas son mías.

Matiz importante. En verdad, Financial Times se queda corto: el Estado también tarda meses y meses y cumplir sus promesas de financiación de obras públicas. Cuando llega a cumplirlas.

• España y Economía en este Infierno.