China News Service, Suzhou, March 6th (Zhou Jianlin) On the evening of the 5th, the Suzhou Municipal Government issued "Several Policies and Measures to Further Help Market Entities Relieve Difficulties and Focus on Stabilizing Economic Growth", combined with the city's overall coordination of epidemic prevention and control and economic development Social development needs, from increasing fiscal and taxation support, continuing to strengthen financial support, increasing tax clearance and reducing burden, increasing support for the recovery and development of key industries, strengthening assistance to foreign trade enterprises, focusing on alleviating the pressure of price increases, strengthening government procurement support, 46 policies and measures were put forward in 8 aspects of continuous optimization and improvement of services to fully promote the stable and orderly economic operation.
In terms of increasing fiscal and taxation support, the municipal-level fiscal special funds provide support to "specialized, specialized, and new" small and medium-sized enterprises that are temporarily facing difficulties in production and operation.
Priority will be given to financial support for rent-free entrepreneurial bases for rent-free SMEs during the epidemic.
Arrange special funds to support enterprises to carry out intelligent transformation and digital transformation through loan discounts, free diagnosis, demonstration incentives, etc.
Taxpayers in industries such as accommodation, catering, culture, sports and entertainment, transportation, tourism, retail, warehousing, and small-scale value-added tax taxpayers seriously affected by the epidemic will be temporarily exempted from the 2022 property tax and urban land use tax.
Speed up the progress of export tax rebates, and reduce the average time for processing normal export tax rebates to within 5 working days.
In terms of continuing to strengthen financial support, we will carry out special actions to support small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households, and promote the issuance of credit loans and first loans.
For key industries such as wholesale and retail, accommodation and catering, logistics and transportation, cultural tourism, etc., the loan interest rate of small and medium-sized micro enterprises issued by local corporate banking institutions is lower than the LPR of the same period, and the discount rate of bills handled by banking institutions is significantly lower than the market average level, full payment will be given. Refinancing and rediscounting support.
For small and medium-sized enterprises that have been greatly affected by the epidemic, but have the willingness to repay and have strong employment ability, establish a rapid approval mechanism, and provide support under the premise of controllable risks in accordance with the principles of special handling and urgent handling. Relief and solve difficulties by means of exhibitions and other means.
In terms of increasing support for the recovery and development of key industries, the municipal level has arranged special funds of no less than 25 million yuan to support the recovery of consumption in the cultural tourism industry and the rescue of key enterprises.
For commercial housing projects whose development and construction progress is affected by the epidemic, under the premise of strengthening the supervision of pre-sale funds, after comprehensive research and judgment, the pre-sale time node can be applied for 30 days earlier.
Due to the impact of the epidemic, for commercial housing projects under construction and for sale that have not been delivered, the delivery deadline can be extended by 30 days.
Support catering merchants to effectively extend their business hours. After evaluation by the public security, urban management and other departments, the parking on the road during off-peak hours at night will be released.
In strengthening support for foreign trade enterprises, encourage financial institutions to provide unsecured preferential interest rate loans to processing trade enterprises.
To support the development of processing trade, relieve the difficulties of enterprises, and temporarily exempt from the collection of domestic sales deferred tax interest for domestic sales of processing trade goods.
Under the premise of compliance with laws and regulations and controllable risks, optimize export credit insurance underwriting and claims conditions, and increase protection for small, medium and micro foreign trade enterprises and the risk of cancellation of orders before shipment.
For enterprises that have real difficulties in capital turnover, the convenience measures for the payment of insurance premiums in installments shall be implemented.
In terms of continuous optimization and improvement of services, open commercial blocks, commercial complexes and large supermarkets are allowed to carry out "outside stores" and road-occupying promotional activities without affecting the city appearance, public safety and pedestrian traffic.
Allow localities to create "centralized night markets" in combination with their own characteristics and environments.
Continue to promote "all-electric sharing" power equipment rental and heating services, and expand the scope of services to areas such as temporary power consumption and energy efficiency services.
From February 19, 2022, until the entire region is converted into a low-risk area, measures will be implemented without power failure and extension of payment deadlines.
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