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The issue was not discussed on Wednesday, as the European Commission (EC) has yet to receive an agreement on the tight deadline for the billing drop. The Minister of Economy and Innovation, Aušrinė Armonaitė, requested the possibility of holding another meeting this week, when the approval of the EC is received.
“We can get the approval of the European Commission at any time. And we are informed that we will receive it tonight (Wednesday – BNS) in the afternoon or similar, but we cannot consider (…) I want to ask when we will receive it, if it is possible to arrange a meeting, it would be very necessary, because it is related to faster start-up of subsidies for our companies “, – A. Armonaitė spoke at the meeting.
The first 180 million. The Ministry of Economy and Innovation agreed to a package of 150 million euros in aid to the affected company at the end of last year. 30 million euros for grants. – soft loans.
Subsidies to companies whose turnover decreases by more than 30% will reach 25%. personal income tax (PIT) paid last year.
Grants will be available to companies whose annual turnover has fallen by at least 30%. from November 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021, compared to the corresponding period of 2019-2020.
“Previously, it was anticipated that the subsidies would be available to companies whose turnover is calculated as of October 1, 2020. These changes had to be agreed with the European Commission,” the BNS ministry said in a comment on Thursday.
Minister A. Armonaitė reported on Monday that the conditions for companies to apply for this support should be created next week. Last week, he asked LVPA and Invega to speed up preparations.
The second business support package is for another 150 million. It will be launched in coordination with the social partners, the Government and the EC.
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