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Small Business/ Between Taxes and Weak Consumption

2026-06-23 13:38:00, Ekonomi CNA

Small Business/ Between Taxes and Weak Consumption

If you want to take the pulse of the economy, it's not enough to listen to corporations or official statements. You have to go into small business. Where turnover drops as soon as the citizen puts his hand in his wallet.

Small business in Albania today is facing several pressures at once. Taxes and operating costs remain a burden. Rents in urban areas have skyrocketed. Competition is often distorted, especially when informality continues to survive. And above all, consumption is not as strong as claimed in official rhetoric.

There are sectors that benefit from seasonality, especially in tourism and services. But this is not enough to cover the entire economy. A restaurant on the coast may have a strong summer, while a neighborhood store in the city may be counting its days with weak cash registers. This is the difference between the national picture and the fragmented reality.

Even when the government promotes fiscal facilitation or formalization, the effect is not always linear. There are cases when rules are necessary and the market needs discipline. But there are also cases when the administrative burden and pressure of controls are not accompanied by a fair competitive climate. And then honesty is punished, while maneuvering is rewarded./ CNA

 





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