Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Support for other businesses such as sole proprietors who are not eligible for sustainable benefit 11:40 on May 12
Although income decreased due to the spread of the new coronavirus, depending on how the income was recorded, freelance sole proprietors who are not eligible for sustainable benefit He announced a policy of additional support through another system and clarified the idea to put together this week.
Up to 2 million yen can be provided under the sustainable benefit system to SMEs and sole proprietors whose sales have dropped significantly due to the impact of the new coronavirus. If you have filed your tax return as "Miscellaneous income" instead of "Income", you are not covered by the benefits, and there are calls for expansion of support.
On this, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kajiyama said in a press conference on the 12th, "It is difficult to uniformly cover miscellaneous income and salary income, which cover various incomes. There are some people who record income from business as miscellaneous income, so I would like to launch a new support system by the end of this weekend, "he said. , And clarified the idea to put together this week.
In addition, Minister Kajiyama revealed that there were more than 700,000 applications by the 11th for the sustainable benefit that began to be paid on the 8th of this month, of which about 27,000, 33 billion yen was paid. Did.