Rent support benefits to small and medium-sized enterprises "Work on rapid payment" Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry July 14 12:16
The application for "rent support benefit" for the purpose of reducing the rent burden of small and medium-sized enterprises began on the 14th, and Minister Kajiyama indicated that he will work to secure personnel who will be involved in the examination for prompt payment. It was
"Rent support benefit" is a system in which if the sales decrease significantly due to the effect of the new coronavirus, corporations such as small and medium-sized enterprises will receive a maximum of 6 million yen, and individual business owners including freelancers will receive a maximum of 3 million yen. In principle, we started accepting applications online from the 14th.
On this, Minister Kajiyama said at a press conference after the Cabinet Meeting, "We started accepting applications on our dedicated website from 8:30 am today, and we are accepting smoothly without any problems at the moment."
In addition, Minister Kajiyama acknowledged that it will take a certain amount of time to be paid for the examination of documents, and indicated that he will work on securing a large number of personnel involved in the examination so that the payment can be made as quickly as possible.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry does not say that it is possible to provide a guideline until the payment, but it is expected to be longer than the sustained benefit of about two weeks, and prompt payment will be an issue.