Tatarstan entrepreneurs have received more than 1 billion rubles in grants due to non-working days

On December 15, applications for subsidies for non-working days for small and medium-sized businesses and socially oriented non-profit organizations (NPOs) were completed.

According to preliminary data, 15.7 thousand entrepreneurs have already received funds totaling more than 1 billion rubles, which employ about 78.5 thousand people.

Let us recall that the federal program to support entrepreneurs from industries affected by the restrictions caused by the pandemic was introduced on November 1 of this year. The recipients of the support are SMEs and SONKO entities, with a total of 21 types of activity.

Grants are lump-sum payments based on one minimum wage (12.792 rubles) per employee. Gratuitous support will allow businesses to pay salaries to employees and save jobs. At the same time, the grant amount is determined depending on the number of employees - based on 1 minimum wage per 1 employed person, including the individual entrepreneur himself. Business is also exempt from taxes on grants received, if an entrepreneur decides to send a grant to pay salaries to his employees, he will not have to pay personal income tax and insurance premiums for the amount of the grant.