Revenue from sales tax VAT falls off a cliff

With bars, restaurants and many shops closed the taxman only received 600 million euros in VAT this April.  Last year in April the tax generated nearly 4 billion euros for the treasury.  Revenue is down 84% on the same month last year. Some revenue is still in the pipeline as retailers were allowed to postpone payments for a while, but still the scale of the mountain that will be have to be climbed is clearly visible.