Taizhou issued 20 measures to support private enterprises in overcoming difficulties

Taizhou issued "20 Measures to Support Private Enterprises to Get Through Difficulties"

"Opinions of the Taizhou Municipal People's Government on Supporting Private Enterprises to Get Through Difficulties in Response to the Pneumonia Epidemic of New Coronavirus Infection" today Promulgated to support and help enterprises tide over difficulties and create new glory for the private economy. Let’s take a look at these 20 measures:

1. Increase factor cost support for enterprises

Reduce the cost of electricity, water and gas for small and micro enterprises. In addition to the preferential policies stipulated by the province in the price of electricity and pipeline natural gas, the price of water and liquefied natural gas will both be reduced by 10% for a period of 3 months.

Reduction and exemption of rent for small and medium-sized enterprises. For small and medium-sized enterprises that rent state-owned assets for business operations, three months of rent will be waived. For those who rent other business premises, owners are encouraged to reduce or reduce rents for tenants, and the details will be resolved through negotiation between the two parties.

Support all types of enterprises in the park. For various types of carriers such as small and micro enterprise parks, technology business incubators, e-commerce parks, cultural and creative parks, and industrial innovation service complexes developed by state-owned entities, rent reductions and exemptions will be provided to small and medium-sized enterprises leasing them during the epidemic.

2. Increase financial support for enterprises

Ensure the capital needs of enterprises for material production, transportation, sales and reserve. Policy banks, large state-owned commercial banks and relevant city commercial banks within their jurisdiction must actively seek special re-loan quotas from their superior banks, and all banking and insurance institutions must increase their support and guarantees for important medical supplies and important daily necessities companies involved in epidemic prevention and control. . Support the setting of a loan interest rate ceiling at 100 basis points minus the most recently announced one-year LPR when issuing loans, and encourage the issuance of loans at an interest rate lower than the loan interest rate ceiling. Encourage other financial institutions to use re-loans and re-discounts to support small businesses.

Guarantee the capital needs of enterprises that resume work. Encourage all banking institutions to prioritize credit arrangements for private and small and micro enterprises that have been greatly affected by the epidemic and have financing needs to ensure that the credit balance of small and micro enterprises in 2020 is higher than last year; new private enterprise loans will exceed 50 billion yuan, with the first new There are more than 5,000 loan households, the balance of corporate credit loans is more than 100 billion yuan, the balance of manufacturing loans is more than 250 billion yuan, the balance of medium-term working capital loans is more than 50 billion yuan, and the policy-based on-lending credit is more than 35 billion yuan.

Reduce the financing costs of small and micro enterprises. Banking institutions are encouraged to increase their support for small and micro enterprises by lowering costs and rates to ensure that the financing costs for small and micro enterprises in 2020 are lower than the financing costs for the same period in 2019. In particular, the inclusive small and micro enterprise loan interest rate will be reduced by 0.5 percentage points. above. Make full use of innovative methods such as loan renewal without principal repayment and annual review system to ensure that all loans should be renewed. The balance of loans with innovative repayment methods has reached more than 150 billion yuan, of which the balance of loans without principal repayment has reached more than 50 billion yuan. For companies that are temporarily unable to repay their loans due to the epidemic, the repayment period will be reasonably extended to reduce the company's repayment pressure.

Improve the level of financial services. Continue to carry out financial "three services" activities and encourage financial institutions to understand the impact of the epidemic and financial service needs of enterprises on a door-to-door basis through online services such as the Internet and telephone. All banking institutions are encouraged to actively use the bank-enterprise financing docking service platform, the "handheld loan application" platform, etc. to improve the convenience and availability of services and achieve precise connection between corporate needs and financial supply. For enterprises that are greatly affected by the epidemic, loans must not be withdrawn, suppressed, suspended, or cut off.

Give full play to the role of government financing guarantee institutions. Actively operate the Taizhou City Credit Guarantee Fund, implement the "epidemic prevention guarantee" phased special support policy for important medical supplies and important daily necessities related to epidemic prevention and control, open a green channel for approval, waive the current guarantee fee, and increase support for new Support for first-time mortgage holders. Government financing guarantee agencies will strengthen negotiations with lending banks and grant reasonable grace periods to guarantee companies that are unable to repay loans as scheduled due to the impact of the epidemic.

3. Increase tax support for enterprises

Implement tax reduction and exemption policies for small and medium-sized enterprises. If an enterprise suffers heavy losses due to the epidemic, normal production and operation activities are significantly affected, and it is really difficult to pay property tax and urban land use tax, it may apply for difficulty reduction or exemption of property tax and urban land use tax in accordance with regulations.

In order to reduce the financial burden on enterprises due to the impact of the epidemic that disrupts the production and investment plans of enterprises, appropriate tax base write-off policies should be implemented before taxes and fees. Encourage industry associations and chambers of commerce to proactively lower membership fee standards and provide service support to member companies. Actively strive to return the travel agency’s travel warranty deposit. Accelerate the progress of export tax rebates for enterprises.

Support companies to defer tax payments. The tax filing deadline for February 2020 has been extended to February 24; for enterprises that have special difficulties and are unable to pay taxes on time, the enterprise shall apply for an extension of tax payment in accordance with the law, for a maximum period of no more than 3 months.

Increase support for aiding enterprises and stabilizing employment. For insured enterprises that do not lay off employees or reduce layoffs, 50% of the unemployment insurance premiums actually paid in the previous year can be refunded. For insured enterprises that are facing temporary production and operation difficulties and are expected to recover and insist on no layoffs or fewer layoffs, the refund standard can be determined based on 50% of the actual social insurance premiums paid by the enterprise and its employees for 6 months. Specific measures will be formulated separately according to the requirements of superiors. .

Support the postponement of social insurance premiums. For small and medium-sized enterprises that are facing temporary production and operation difficulties due to the impact of the epidemic and are unable to pay social insurance premiums in full, payment of pension insurance, unemployment insurance, work-related injury insurance premiums and medical insurance premiums can be deferred after approval according to regulations. After the deferment period expires, the enterprise shall make up the deferred social insurance premiums in full, without affecting the personal rights and interests of the insured persons.

Increase employment recruitment and training support. Promote the shift of offline recruitment activities to online. During the epidemic, public employment and talent service websites at all levels provided free online recruitment services to the majority of employment companies. For various enterprises in this city affected by the epidemic, certain training fee subsidies will be provided to those who organize employees to participate in various online vocational training during the shutdown period. Platform companies and new business format companies can refer to and implement this.

Strengthen special financial subsidies. During the epidemic prevention and control period, key enterprises responsible for the supply, processing and storage of daily necessities such as grains, oils, meat, eggs and vegetables will be given government subsidies depending on the actual situation if the enterprises have difficulties in operating due to factors such as rising purchase prices, logistics, labor costs and losses.

Accelerate the allocation of relevant financial funds. Accelerate the disbursement of enterprise-related funds from all levels of finance to ensure that all types of funds are disbursed to relevant enterprises in a timely manner. Relevant financial special funds should appropriately relax the application conditions and increase support for enterprises severely affected by the epidemic.

Support agricultural and fishery production. Subsidies will be provided to breeding and breeding enterprises whose production costs have increased, their products are unsaleable, and their production and operations are difficult due to the impact of the epidemic. Financial interest discount support will be provided to agricultural-related enterprises that purchase, store, and process local agricultural products such as vegetables, poultry, and aquatic products during the epidemic. During the epidemic prevention and control period, fishing boats that have not gone to sea due to epidemic prevention and control needs will be regarded as normal production operations and actively seek state subsidies.

Support the development of technical and scientific research. A green channel for project application will be opened for enterprises and scientific research institutions in our city that carry out scientific research on pneumonia prevention and treatment technologies for new coronavirus infections, and project establishment and scientific and technological funding support will be provided on a "one case, one discussion" basis.

4. Increase foreign trade export support for enterprises

Actively assist in applying for force majeure certificates. If international trade contracts cannot be performed as scheduled or cannot be performed due to the impact of the epidemic, local governments and the Council for the Promotion of International Trade should actively help companies apply for factual certificates related to force majeure from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.

Reduction and exemption of inspection and quarantine fees for enterprises. If the customs requires the issuance of relevant inspection and quarantine certificates for various imported equipment and materials needed to prevent and control the epidemic, it must be processed in a timely manner; inspection and quarantine fees must be waived for inbound assistance and donated equipment and materials used to prevent and control the epidemic; Expenses such as commodity quarantine processing and testing items that have increased due to the epidemic will be financially supported to reduce the burden on foreign trade enterprises.

Reduce export costs for enterprises. Increase the premium subsidy standard for policy-based export credit insurance for export enterprises, increase insurance coverage, ensure that all necessary insurance is covered, and provide a premium subsidy of 90% to enterprises with an export volume of 20 million yuan and above. For foreign trade companies that cancel domestic and overseas exhibitions due to the impact of the epidemic, a subsidy of RMB 50 will be provided for the loss of booths.

The implementation period of this opinion is tentatively scheduled to be from the date of issuance to three months after the first-level response to major public health emergencies is lifted. Other enterprises in difficulty can refer to this opinion to provide support. .

After the implementation of this opinion, the central and provincial governments issued relevant support policies, and Taizhou complied with them.