Specialized team aiming for early payment of "sustained benefit" Strengthen individual support June 11 4:03

The “sustainable benefit” for small and medium-sized enterprises whose sales have fallen sharply. Of the applications that were filed on the first day, about 5,500 businesses have not yet received payment due to inadequate application details. For this reason, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will set up a specialized team next week to strengthen individual response.

Regarding the sustainable benefit for small and medium-sized enterprises and sole proprietors whose sales have dropped significantly due to the effect of the new coronavirus, out of the 180,000 applications that were filed on the first day of acceptance on the 1st of last month, as of the 9th While 97% was paid, 5489 cases have not been reviewed and have not been paid.

According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, about half of the uncompleted examinations have incomplete application contents, so even if you send an e-mail requesting confirmation, there is no reply.

Also, it is often the case that the input contents of the online application do not match the contents of the attached documents and it takes time to exchange confirmation emails.

If the delay in payment is prolonged, it is feared that more businesses will be forced to abandon their business continuity without connecting their funds.

For this reason, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry intends to create a specialized team to respond to businesses that have applied for it immediately after the start of acceptance next week but have not completed the examination, and strengthen individual correspondence to aim for the completion of payment as soon as possible. ..

According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, there are more than 1.8 million applications for sustained benefits by the 8th of this month, of which 1.2 trillion, or two-thirds, were paid 1.6 trillion yen. is.

Finance Minister and Economy Minister talked “Proactive financing until payment was completed”

While it was pointed out that the payment of sustainable benefits was delayed, Deputy Prime Minister Aso and Minister of Finance and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kajiyama announced jointly on the 10th.

Among these, in view of the widening and long-term effects of the new coronavirus, it will Wants to proactively lend money so that they will not run out of cash.