Recent figures from Experian show a decrease in the number of bankruptcies of as much as 40.2 percent so far this year. However, Sales Director Per Ivar Kristiansen in Experian believes that the bankruptcy figures are artificially low, and fears a bankruptcy in the future.
The reason is, among other things, fewer bankruptcy petitions from the Tax Administration, as several thousand companies have been granted deferred payment of taxes and fees.
– If it turns out that companies have been kept artificially alive through the pandemic, and the Tax Administration resumes normal activity that will lead to those who in principle do not have the right to life disappearing, it can be ugly, says Kristiansen.
Experian then expects a bankruptcy increase of 50 percent compared to 2020, and 20 percent higher than in 2019.
– Like a nightmare
Audun Bøhn is one of those who has felt the feeling that the company does not survive due to corona measures.
– We quickly understood how it would go, and then it felt like a nightmare. We had had the best start to the year ever, and suddenly we had to tell our employees that we no longer had a job to offer them. It was experienced as dramatic and tough, says Bøhn.