China News Service, June 13th, according to the WeChat public account of the Chinese Embassy in Benin, on June 10, the Benin government held a cabinet meeting to decide on Benin enterprises, handicraftsmen, self-employed workers and private workers affected by the new crown epidemic. Poor people and other financial support to reduce the impact of the epidemic on the social economy. The total amount of support funds is about 74.12 billion siro, mainly including:
63.38 billion CFA francs are allocated to enterprises to subsidize employees’ wages, reduce taxes and fees, reduce energy costs, and issue discount loans, etc.: 1. Undertake 70% of the three-month wages for relevant companies as appropriate; 2. Refund the company Value-added tax; 3. Exemption of enterprises’ motor vehicle tax in 2020, companies that have already paid can be deducted from the tax amount in 2021; 4. Travel agencies that make declarations can be exempted from paying commercial rent for 3 months; 5. Exemption of hotels and travel agencies from electricity bills for 3 months , A total of no more than 4.1 billion shillings; 6. Set up a 30 billion shilling interest discount fund for the issuance of 100 billion shillings interest-free loans to enterprises through banks and local financial institutions, the repayment period can be up to 3 years, local finance The repayment period of institutional loans is up to 1 year.
For this purpose, about 55,000 handicraftsmen and self-employed workers, such as hairdressers, tailors, welders, carpenters, and small traders, who registered through the digital platform or registered in the city hall, provided a total of about 4.98 billion SFr subsidies.
Provide subsidies to Benin citizens for a total of 5.76 billion XIr.