Skvernelis: Today the support will reach another 10 thousand. Companies will be paid 26 million. euros

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis wrote on Facebook on Tuesday morning that support for micro-businesses that started last week continues to reach recipients. 26 million should be distributed today. euros

“Last week we started with a new support tool for small businesses with up to 9 employees. They receive one-off subsidies, the amount of which depends on the taxes paid last year.

If last year you paid up to 1 thousand. EUR GPM: the grant amounts to 500 EUR. If from 1 to 2 thousand euros GPM – 1000 euros. If more, the subsidy is equal to half the GPM paid last year.

To date, aid has reached almost 7,000 companies, with disbursements of € 11 million. Today, the subsidies must reach almost 10 thousand more companies, worth 26 million euros. In total, almost 17 thousand companies and almost 37 million euros.

And this, practically only a week after the start of payments. As promised, aid reaches beneficiaries within three business days of submitting the application, “writes the Prime Minister

Delphi He has already written that according to ITS data, all the criteria currently meet about 34 thousand. micro companies and all of them will receive invitations.

“The process of compliance with the criteria by companies is underway, in which the STI and other institutions participate: the Lithuanian Commercial Support Agency, the Competition Authority. Because companies are different, the length of their valuation can also vary. To maximize the speed of the process, invitations were immediately sent out and sent to some of the companies whose eligibility assessment had been completed, without waiting for the full assessment of the 34,000. why the calls came to only part of the companies Delphi An ITS representative explained last week.

Invitations will be sent to companies by December 1. or until the full amount of planned grants has been distributed, the STI has notified.

“If companies are not currently on the COVID-19 list of companies, but meet other criteria for receiving the subsidy and are affected by a pandemic, they should apply for tax aid measures from the ITS.” When said company is included in the list of companies affected by COVID-19, it can request a subsidy, ”says R. Asadauskaitė, adding that the STI updates the data on companies that can receive a subsidy every 7 days and sends them invitations. through My STI. .

She points out that companies do not need to assess their own compliance with the established criteria or search for the application form, this was done by STI for them. The call for companies will include a link to the application form, which you only have to complete and send through My STI.

According to the STI representative, companies need not worry about whether there will be sufficient funds.

“If all currently eligible companies on the COVID-19 list submitted an application and received the maximum amount of subsidies, according to the STI, it is approximately 70 million. The total estimated amount of support for microenterprises is 100 million. “There are definitely resources for those companies that will be additionally included in the list,” says the interlocutor.

How will the amount of the subsidy be calculated?

The subsidy is calculated according to the amount of personal income tax paid by the company in 2019:

• if companies in 2019. GPM paid amounts to 1 thousand. a minimum grant of 500 euros;
• if companies in 2019. GPM paid is 1 thousand. up to 2 thousand. 1 thousand euros. the amount of the grant in euros;
• if the applicant in 2019. GPM paid amounts to more than 2,000. The grant amount is half the amount of the applicant in 2019. GPM paid.

Eligible microenterprises are selected according to the following criteria:

• š. meter. May 1 the company had at least 1 and a maximum of 9 employees;
• the company is included in the COVID-19 list of companies compiled by the STI;
• company in 2019 personal income tax paid to municipal and state budgets;
• the company is not bankrupt, is being restructured, or is being liquidated.