A rebound in the salaried workforce after the health crisis, an advance in work-study and an important fiscal contribution: a study published this Monday highlights the economic weight of associations. La France accounts for between 1.4 and 1.5 million active associations, according to the réseau d’experts et d’universitaires Recherches & Solidarités, who published the 20th edition of “La France associative en mouvement”, étude nationale et région par region.
“The year 2020 marked a decrease of 1.6% in the workforce, followed by a rebound of 2.7% in 2021, which allows the level prior to the crisis to be exceeded”: in 2021, employment in the private non-profit sector in associations and foundations it represented 149,000 entrepreneurs, 1,923 million employees, “that is, 9.8% of the total number of employees in the private sector” for a payroll of close to 46,500 million euros (7% of the total of the private sector) .
More than 2,500 million in taxes paid at least
The number of young people in work-study programs, in recent years, “has increased by 34% in the private sector as a whole and 64% in the voluntary sector.” This represented 3.9% of all work-study students in the private sector in 2020. With 39,000 contracts in 2021, this share dropped to 4.9%. “Among the most active sectors in this field, sport ranks first with around 10,000 contracts, 77% more between 2020 and 2021,” underlines Research & Solidarity, which also highlights the tax contribution of the voluntary sector.
For the year 2020, nearly 34,000 associations and foundations were subject to payroll tax, for an amount paid of 2,400 million euros, 117,000 paid corporate tax for an amount of 144 million euros.
Source: BFM TV
