Rent burden reduction for small and medium-sized enterprises "Benefit" Start payment from 4th of next month July 31 at 18:26

The "rent support benefits" that reduce the burden of rents for small and medium-sized enterprises affected by the new coronavirus are expected to start from the 4th of next month.

The rent support benefits are for businesses whose sales have fallen sharply, up to 6 million yen for corporations such as SMEs, and up to 3 million yen for individual business owners including freelance.

According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, there are 170,000 applications in total from the 14th to the 30th of this month when the application starts, and it is expected that about 7,000 of these applications will be paid on the 4th of next month. It means that

Others will be paid in sequence as soon as the examination is completed, but since there are various contracts and it often takes time to accurately grasp the rent, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will provide a guideline for payment. Is difficult.

On the other hand, business operators have requested that they give an indication of when they will be paid in order to make a cash flow plan. I will inform you.