The Federal Tax Service of Russia has launched a special service for paying subsidies to SMEs

Starting from May 1, organizations and sole proprietors working in the affected industries can apply for subsidies. To do this, you must send an application in electronic form via telecommunication channels: through the personal account of a taxpayer of a legal entity, the personal account of a taxpayer of an individual entrepreneur) or by mail.

The subsidy is provided to partially compensate for the costs of organizations and sole proprietors associated with their activities in the context of the deteriorating situation due to the coronavirus, including to maintain employment and pay for their employees in April-May 2020. The amount of the subsidy is calculated based on the number of employees in March multiplied by 12,130 rubles (minimum wage). For individual entrepreneurs, one person (the sole proprietor himself) is added to the number of employees.

If an individual entrepreneur does not have employees, the subsidy amount will be 12,130 rubles per month.

The main conditions for obtaining a subsidy:

• the applicant is included in the Unified Register of Small and Medium-sized Businesses as of March 1, 2020;

• the industry in which the applicant operates belongs to the industries approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 434 dated 04/03/2020;

• the applicant is not in the process of liquidation, bankruptcy proceedings have not been introduced against him, and a decision has not been taken on the upcoming exclusion from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.;

• as of 03/01/2020, the applicant has no arrears in taxes, insurance premiums of more than 3,000 rubles;

• the number of employees of the applicant in the month for which the subsidy is paid is at least 90% of the number of employees in March 2020;

• The applicant submitted the MSV-M financial statements for March 2020 on time.

Based on the results of consideration of the application, the tax authority will make a decision within 3 days, and if the conditions are met, the Federal Treasury will transfer the money to the bank (but not earlier than the 18th of the month following the month for which the subsidy is provided).

A notification of the transfer of the subsidy or a notification of the refusal to pay the subsidy, indicating the reason, will be sent to the applicant in the same way as the application itself was sent.

The website of the Federal Tax Service of Russia contains a promo page with detailed information about the conditions for obtaining a subsidy, its size and the procedure for granting it.

In addition, the website of the Federal Tax Service of Russia hosts a service for self-verification of applicants' compliance with the established criteria for receiving subsidies, as well as for verifying information on the progress of consideration of applications already submitted.

You can also find out about the course of consideration of the application through the personal account of a taxpayer, a legal entity or an individual entrepreneur, or by calling the unified telephone number of the Federal Tax Service 8 (800) 222 22 22.

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