Governmental support. Subsidies for small and medium-sized businesses as state support for entrepreneurship Center for Support and Development of Small Businesses

What specific government support measures can a person who opens his own business count on?

Subsidies from the employment center

If you are just planning to open your own business, then the first thing you need to know about is the existence of a special program of the Ministry of Economic Development to provide subsidies to small and medium-sized businesses at the regional level. As part of this program, the employment center provides one-time financial assistance in starting your own business.

The amount is provided in the amount of 12 times the maximum amount of unemployment benefit. Previously it was 58,800 rubles. (based on the assumption that the unemployment benefit amount was 4,900 rubles). However, from January 1, 2019, the maximum benefit amount will increase from 4,900 rubles. up to 8,000 rubles, so the size of the subsidy may increase. One-time financial assistance is also provided for the preparation of documents: payment of state fees, performance of notarial acts during state registration, purchase of blank documentation, production of seals, stamps, legal services, consultations. For example, in the Moscow region, financial assistance for the preparation of documents amounts to 7,500 rubles.

A subsidy from the employment center is available to citizens over 18 years of age. But in order to receive it, they need to register with the employment center, that is, have unemployed status and receive benefits. It is also worth considering that subsidies are not given to everyone, since there are a limited number of them, and they are issued at the beginning of the financial year (you need to try to get into the right period). Vasily Puchkov, deputy director of the regional center for supporting the Olympic movement, talks about these and other subtleties.

Grant support

This measure of state support is usually provided by regional authorities. The grant is provided to a start-up entrepreneur in the form of a one-time subsidy, on a non-refundable and free basis. The maximum amount, as a rule, is 600,000 rubles. But depending on the region, the conditions for receiving grants may differ. Therefore, it is better to find out all the details locally. Money is allocated to those whose applications have passed the competitive selection process. The selection criteria include the field of business activity, the amount of revenue, the number of jobs, etc.

In 2019, beginning farmers can still count on special government support. The size of the grant under the “Support for Beginning Farmers” program can reach 3 million rubles. This amount, for example, is received by beginning livestock farmers in the Moscow region if they specialize in cattle breeding, and 1.5 million rubles each. provided to farms operating in other areas. The farm that received such a grant must create at least one job for every 1 million rubles. grant.

In Tatarstan for 2019, the amount of grant support under the Beginning Farmer program will be higher - it will amount to up to 5 million rubles. instead of the previous 3 million. So the conditions and amounts should be clarified in each specific case.

In addition, there are grants in the amount of up to 30 million rubles. for the development of family livestock farms.

In St. Petersburg, since 2015, the program “Support for Social Entrepreneurship” has been implemented, within the framework of which costs associated with the payment of rental payments and the acquisition of equipment are subject to reimbursement: rental of buildings, non-residential premises, rental of equipment and purchase of equipment.

In addition, a program to support entrepreneurs creating children's centers has been developed in St. Petersburg; support program for entrepreneurs engaged in handicrafts, and other programs.

To find out more about receiving grants and subsidies, go to official government websites that provide information about business support measures. For example, on the website of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan, all areas of state support are described in detail. For the Moscow region, such information is provided by the website of the Center for Entrepreneurship Development of the Moscow Region. The website “Small Business of Kuban” provides a detailed list of subsidies for entrepreneurs operating in the south of Russia.

It will be easier if you use the search in the “Support for SMEs in the regions” section on the Federal Portal of Small and Medium Enterprises. Just enter your region in the search and you will be automatically transferred to the “local” SME portal.

On the website of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, you can use the list of authorized bodies for supporting small and medium-sized businesses in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

Federal business support programs

This type of business support can be divided into programs from:

Ministry of Economic Development of Russia

His area of interest extends to the implementation of a program to provide subsidies from the federal budget to provide state support to SMEs in the regions (in accordance with the orders of the Ministry of Economic Development issued annually).

Funds are distributed on a competitive basis between regions and allocated for activities provided for by regional programs, but on the condition that the costs are co-financed by the regions.

The program of the Ministry of Economic Development involves direct and indirect support measures that can be counted on by those who produce goods, develop and implement innovative products, specialize in folk arts and crafts, carry out handicraft activities, promote rural and ecotourism, and develop social entrepreneurship.

SME Corporations

This organization is engaged in solving a various range of problems, including providing financial, property, legal, infrastructural, and methodological support; organizes various types of support for investment projects, etc.

JSC "SME Bank"

More information about support programs and conditions on the basis of which you can apply for state assistance in business development can be found on regional portals for small and medium-sized businesses. For example, the Ryazan portal provides detailed information on types, forms, and support infrastructure.

Subsidies for loan interest reimbursement

A business can count on compensation for the cost of paying interest on loans received from credit institutions for the support and development of activities, including the renewal of fixed assets (with the exception of loans received for the purchase of passenger vehicles).

The conditions for receiving a subsidy need to be clarified in the regions. For example, in Moscow they are as follows:

the organization meets the criteria for an SME;
the organization or individual entrepreneur is registered and operates in Moscow, and the duration of registration is at least 6 months before the date of filing an application for a subsidy;
the period of overdue debt on taxes, fees and other obligatory payments on the day of filing the application does not exceed one month;
there are no pending contracts for the provision of subsidies from the budget of the city of Moscow on the day of submitting the application;
there are no violations of contractual obligations secured from the budget of the city of Moscow;
there is a loan agreement with a credit organization included in the list of credit organizations selected in the prescribed manner by the joint-stock company "Federal Corporation for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises", and which has concluded a cooperation agreement with the Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of the city of Moscow, or has received approval of the loan organizations for issuing a loan.

In 2019, the state will allocate 7.2 billion rubles to banks. for preferential loans for entrepreneurs, thus increasing budget subsidies for the soft loan program for small businesses in priority sectors by 11 times. This is provided for in the draft federal budget for 2019 and subsequent years 2020-2021. The total amount of expenses for the next 6 years will be 190.9 billion rubles.

The proposal is to issue loans to small and medium-sized businesses for projects in priority sectors at a rate of 6.5%. It will apply to such industries as agriculture, construction, transport, communications, tourism, manufacturing, electricity, gas and water production, healthcare, collection, processing and disposal of waste, industries in which priority areas for the development of science and technology are being implemented and technology.

According to the rules, the difference with market rates (3.1% under a loan agreement for medium-sized businesses and 3.5% for small businesses) is reimbursed to banks by the budget. In 2019, thanks to innovations, preferential lending will be provided in more than 200 billion rubles.

Small business support: changes in 2019

In the summer of 2018, the president signed a document that expands property support for small and medium-sized businesses. This law establishes an indefinite right to purchase leased state and municipal property and the possibility of using land plots when providing property support to SMEs.

Also, shortly before 2019, Government Resolution No. 1212 dated 10.10.2018 was presented. The document makes changes to the rules for providing subsidies from the federal budget to credit organizations to compensate for lost income on loans issued to SMEs at a preferential rate.

According to the document, the maximum loan amount issued to a SME for investment purposes at a preferential rate has been reduced from 1 billion rubles. up to 400 million rubles But the maximum amount of total loans that can be issued to one borrower remains 1 billion rubles. The changes were made to enable banks to provide loans to more SMEs.

In addition, it is important to mention Government Order No. 2586-r dated November 26, 2018, which talks about the draft federal law amending Art. 25 of the Federal Law “On the development of small and medium-sized businesses in the Russian Federation”. This bill has been prepared for the implementation of the national project “Small and Medium Enterprises and Support for Individual Entrepreneurial Initiatives,” which provides for increased access of SMEs to financial resources, including preferential financing.

When the bill is adopted, the guarantee support provided by SME Corporation JSC to SMEs will be expanded. This will affect companies operating in high-tech industries, startups, agricultural cooperatives, fast-growing innovative companies and SMEs implementing projects in the Far Eastern and North Caucasus federal districts and in single-industry towns.

The number and total income of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is one of the main indicators of the development of any country.

At the same time, due to its specificity, SMEs have a pronounced regional aspect - small and medium-sized enterprises build their activities based, first of all, on the needs of the local market, the volume and structure of local demand.
The level of development of SMEs in the region is an indicator of a favorable climate for business development, attracting investment and expanding areas of activity. It reflects the socio-economic situation of a particular region.

How are things going in Moscow?

In Moscow, according to expert estimates, SMEs account for about 25% of the gross regional product, which is 1.5–2 times lower than in many large cities of the world (London, New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo).
The population employed by SMEs in Moscow is 34% of the total employed population, which is again 1.5-2 times lower than in many large cities of the world.
The structure of Moscow SMEs is also imperfect: the share of transport, communications, healthcare, utilities and social services is low.
In general, SMEs provide no more than 9-10% of tax revenues to the Moscow budget.

The task of significantly strengthening the contribution of SMEs to the modernization of the Moscow economy and to solving the social problems of the metropolitan metropolis can be solved only if there are properly oriented and clearly verified forms and instruments of state policy for the development and support of small and medium-sized businesses.

That's why In recent years, the Moscow government has been paying increasing attention to the formation of a truly functioning mechanism for supporting small and medium-sized businesses.

According to the provisions of the Subprogram “Development of Small and Medium Enterprises” in the State Program of the City of Moscow “Stimulating Economic Activity for 2012–2016” creating favorable conditions for entrepreneurial activity and ensuring the sustainable development of small and medium-sized businesses is one of the most important conditions for increasing the competitiveness of the Moscow economy as a whole.

Within the framework of this subprogram, the Moscow Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship implements various types of support for small and medium-sized businesses:

financial support;
property support;
Information support;
consulting support;
support for small and medium-sized businesses in the field of training, retraining and advanced training of personnel;

Yes, really working forms of financial support for small and medium-sized businesses in Moscow:

Type of financial support	Maximum size	Purpose
Subsidy for start-up entrepreneurs	500,000 rub.	Acquisition of fixed assets; Organization and equipment of workplaces; Purchase of licensed software; Office rental; Purchase of raw materials and supplies.
Subsidies for reimbursement of part of the costs under financial lease (leasing) agreements	5,000,000 rub.	Compensation of costs for leasing payments.
Subsidies for loan interest reimbursement	5,000,000 rub.	Compensation for the cost of paying interest under a loan agreement for the acquisition of fixed assets or modernization of fixed assets
Subsidies to reimburse part of the costs associated with participation in congress and exhibition events	300,000 rub.	Registration fee Stand construction and equipment Exhibition space rental Advertising and presentation materials and services Participation in the business program of the congress and exhibition event

Subsidies are provided monthly, according to the approved schedule:

Schedule for consideration of applications for subsidies to small and medium-sized businesses in Moscow in 2014

Date of the Industry Commission	Volume of budget allocations, rub.
Date of the Industry Commission	to pay interest on the loan	subsidy to reimburse part of the costs to pay lease payments	subsidy starting small and medium-sized businesses	subsidy to reimburse part of the costs to participate in congress and exhibition events











	45 000 000,00	500 000 000,00	180 000 000,00	90 000 000,00

It should be noted that for enterprises SMEs operating in the industrial sector Additional types of support are provided:

subsidies to employers for the training of specialists with secondary vocational education
subsidies to reimburse part of the costs associated with obtaining an international certificate
subsidies to reimburse part of the costs of paying lease payments
subsidies to reimburse part of the cost of paying interest on the loan
subsidies to management organizations of technopolises and industrial parks for the development of the property complex

A separate package of subsidies is also provided for innovative small and medium-sized businesses.

The financial support system for SMEs in Moscow also includes:

Moscow Small Business Lending Fund, - provides security (guarantees) for the obligations of small and medium-sized businesses (loan agreements, agreements on the provision of a bank guarantee);
Microfinance Development Assistance Fund, — provides loans to microfinance organizations for the purpose of further financing of small and medium-sized businesses. Microfinance organizations issue loans of up to 1 million rubles. at 13-19% per annum.

Operates at the federal level Russian Bank for Support of Small and Medium Enterprises. The network of its partner banks (as of April 1, 2014 – 249 banks) implements a variety of preferential lending programs for small and medium-sized businesses.

It should be said that this is only a small part of the SME support programs operating in Moscow. And each of them has its own subspecies, nuances and conditions.
And practice shows their unconditional and actual availability for every small and medium-sized enterprise.
However, experience also shows: in order to use them competently and with minimal risk of refusal due to insufficient justification of your project, you should approach the process “with sense, feeling, arrangement.”
It is strongly recommended to study the detailed terms and conditions and mechanisms for obtaining support, build a step-by-step diagram of your actions, and correctly fill out all the necessary documents.

For our part, we can invite you to visit our workshop seminar “Small and medium-sized businesses in Moscow: receiving subsidies, loans and benefits” , developed in order to maximize the orientation of SMEs in the questions of “who? How many? how to get it?” and take full advantage of the mechanisms for business support and development.
The seminar is held with the participation Moscow Small Business Lending Fund .
The detailed program of the seminar can be viewed.
The next seminar will be held in Moscow on October 10, 2014.
When submitting an application before August 10, a 15% discount (discount code “MSB15” should be indicated in the “Comment” field when submitting an application).

The authorities of the capital of the Russian Federation are developing measures to stimulate the business activity of the population. Supporting small businesses in Moscow is a systematic activity of government agencies, carried out at the legislative and executive levels.

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Goals and forms of work

The authorities interact with business structures through specially created Funds. These enterprises accumulate the initiatives of market participants, create tools and new forms of cooperation between the state and entrepreneurs.

The policy priorities of the Moscow authorities are:

promoting the involvement of young people in business activities;
support for market entities working with foreign counterparties;
providing conditions for improving the professional and educational level of entrepreneurs;
providing funding to companies involved in infrastructure and civil society development.

For example, the Interregional Marketing Center “Moscow” organizes the promotion of goods produced in the capital in the regions. There is an enterprise whose tasks include creating a unified information environment for businessmen.

In addition to other forms of support, subsidies are provided for small businesses in Moscow. This form of cooperation is the attraction of budget funds for the development of small businesses.

These structures see their goals as:

combining the efforts of businessmen to increase the level of interaction with the state;
improving working conditions for entrepreneurs;
development of proposals for improving legislation;
providing support to start-up businessmen.

For information: a company can receive help not only from the authorities. The centers actively cooperate with private investors, accumulating their proposals.

Types of support

There are several foundations operating in the capital of the Russian Federation. They offer clients and partners a variety of useful services.

The table shows their features

Information: there is a center in every district of the city.

Assistance in obtaining a loan

This type of support is provided by the Bank Lending Assistance Fund. Its essence is that the borrower receives government guarantees. Terms of provision:

working with a partner bank;
impeccable credit history and business reputation;
registration in Moscow or the region.

Attention: The Fund guarantees up to 50% of the loan. The bank independently applies for a guarantee.

Rent at reduced prices

In order to reduce the costs of running a business, start-up entrepreneurs are provided with discounts on renting space in buildings owned by the state(to the municipality). The price is five to six times lower than the market price. However, to receive a preference, the following conditions must be met:

register as a person on the list of small businesses;
engage in educational or medical projects.

Attention: the subsidy is not issued to applicants who violate the deadlines for making tax and other obligatory payments.

Subsidization

The Center “MB of Moscow” allocates funds free of charge to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs. The conditions are:

less than two years have passed since the start of activity;
no more than 250 hired workers work in production;
annual revenue does not exceed 1 billion rubles;
the share of foreign owners does not exceed 25%.

To receive money, you must send an application to the structure, accompanying it with the necessary documentation. The subsidy is targeted. You will have to account for the use of funds.

Information: the amount of assistance does not exceed 500 thousand rubles.

The above organization issues targeted subsidies for participation in exhibitions. Their size reaches 300 thousand rubles. The selection criteria for participants are the same as listed above. But there are exceptions. This type of assistance cannot be received by a structure engaged in the following types of activities:

trade in excisable goods;
mediation;
agency work.

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Every year Russia becomes more and more attractive for doing business. In the World Bank Doing Business ranking, the country ranks 35th among states that create a favorable climate for the launch and development of projects. In turn, Moscow ranked second in the national ranking in terms of investment attractiveness and fifth among European cities according to the international publication Financial Times.

Both targeted government funding programs and small business assistance programs make a significant contribution to the development of the investment environment. In this material we will tell you step by step what kind of support Moscow offers entrepreneurs today for opening, running and developing their business:

Step 1. Registration. Consultations. Education. Choose one of 15 Business Service Centers (BSC), which are located in all districts of the capital and operate on the basis of the State Budgetary Institution Small Business of Moscow. All services there are provided free of charge. TsUB specialists will help prepare documents for registration as an individual entrepreneur (IP) or in the form of a limited liability company (LLC). In 2017 alone, consulting support was provided to more than 80 thousand people. Aspiring entrepreneurs will be offered training at the MBM Startup School. You can also learn the basics of starting and developing your own business from successful entrepreneurs and professional business coaches online - at the MBM Online Academy. There are two training programs available at the Academy - Start and Progress. The content of the training program is based on best business practices and cases that are relevant in business.

The Central Management Bureau will also advise entrepreneurs on various issues of doing business: labor and civil legislation, accounting. Here they can prepare an application for the transition of an enterprise to a simplified or patent tax system.

Step 2. Choose premises for doing business. The center's staff will help you get acquainted with various options and tell you about renting non-residential areas owned by the city of Moscow on preferential terms. Today, the initial preferential rental rate for such premises is 4.5 thousand rubles per sq. m. m per year and 1 thousand rubles per 1 sq. m per year for premises located in the basement. The Central Management Office will help you with information about the availability of vacant premises in city technology parks. There are more than 30 technology parks with various industry specializations in the capital. In addition, if at the beginning of your business journey you do not need large spaces, you can get a workplace for a period from one day to 12 months in one of the six co-working centers of the Small Business of Moscow State Budgetary Institution.

Step 3. Decide on financing. CUB specialists will advise on sources of obtaining business financing at different stages of its development, and invite entrepreneurs to attend special educational programs and events where representatives of financial institutions speak. The city currently provides the following types of financial support; all details on them will be provided to the Central Management Bureau:

Subsidy programs, among them subsidies for compensation of interest rates on loans and leasing payments, for compensation of costs for the purchase of equipment, as well as for participation in congress and exhibition events, and others. If your organization meets the conditions and requirements for grants, they will help you prepare a set of documents and fill out an application.
Warranty support program in the Capital Small Business Lending Fund. The fund will help attract loans to successfully operating companies if they do not have enough of their own collateral (collateral) for creditors. You can submit an application to the Fund or through the Central Educational Institution. An entrepreneur can independently contact any of the fund’s partner lenders, including 70 banks and 6 leasing companies. The Fund's guarantees cover up to 70% of the loan. Thus, in the first five months of 2018 alone, thanks to this program, entrepreneurs received financing totaling more than 9 billion rubles. It is important to understand that without government support, the lenders would have refused the vast majority of these borrowers.
Preferential long-term investment loans in the amount of 5 to 100 million rubles, for a period of up to 5 years, the Moscow Fund for the Support of Industry and Entrepreneurship offers companies working in the field of production, scientific research or software development at a rate of 5% per annum, and for residents of technology parks and industrial complexes in Moscow at a rate 2% per annum.
Financing for startups in the scientific and technical field offered by the capital's Venture Investment Development Fund. The fund provides preferential loans to innovative projects that are at the earliest stages of development and registered in Moscow. To do this, the project initiator must attract funds from a private investor, and then apply for additional funding from the Fund. Today, 57 private investors work with the organization. The co-investor must invest from 50% to 200% depending on the size of the Fund’s loan itself, which can range from 0.5 to 36 million rubles, respectively. The loan term is from 3 to 6 years with a repayment deferment of up to 2 years.

Step 4. Entering the government order market. Moscow pays significant attention to protecting the interests of small and medium-sized businesses when placing government orders: 90% of purchases are carried out electronically. The Moscow government created a showcase of city orders, where 91 thousand suppliers are registered, of which 70% are SME companies, 15 million contracts worth 80 billion rubles were concluded. On the portal you can use the subscription service for purchases of a certain category. Participants in government orders can also receive microloans and guarantee support from the funds already mentioned above.

Step 5. Enter foreign markets. When production in the capital is established, you can safely think about this. The Moscow Export Center will advise on all issues of the export cycle, train in foreign economic activity at the Moscow Exporter School, help with promotion on the international electronic marketplace Alibaba.com, as well as with international exhibition activities. In the latter case, the center can finance 100% of the costs of participation in the exhibition. One of the important tools for promoting Moscow manufacturers is a unified export catalog, which contains over 1.5 thousand product items from more than 500 metropolitan manufacturers. The Industrial and Guarantee Funds will also help with financing for export activities.

Step 6. If you encounter administrative barriers when doing business in Moscow, then in this case the city will help protect your legal rights and interests, it will come to the rescue, where the hotline operates +7 495 620-20-45 SOS.SHTAB@site

Entrepreneurs can additionally receive information about these and other areas of support at special financial conferences held by the State Budgetary Institution “Small Business of Moscow” in the series “Finance for Growing Businesses” and #MoscowforBusiness, for which you can register on the portal mbm.ru

According to static research, 70% of people who want to start their own business don't get beyond talking.

And only 30% of the population have such serious intentions that they are ready to devote all their time to the development of a certain activity.

The importance of small business for the country

The development of the state’s economy largely depends on small businesses, since:

It is an important sector of the economy. These subjects tolerate external changes more easily. The general economic decline in Russia in the early 90s was compensated precisely by such enterprises and their ability to quickly adapt to new market conditions. State institutions were unable to cope with the competition, which is why they collapsed or were subjected to privatization.
Small business is the main source of tax deductions. Small companies create budgets at different levels. They pay taxes to the budget, create jobs, and provide the population with the opportunity to earn money. By the way, this group of taxpayers is more reliable than representatives of large businesses.
Small businesses are developing innovative technologies. Some organizations are interested in the development of new scientific and technical inventions. Such activities are welcomed by the state, so entrepreneurs can count on subsidies and additional subsidies.
They provide employment to people, which has a positive effect on the unemployment rate. A small number of employees contributes to team cohesion, which is not always observed in large enterprises. This increases work motivation and improves work results. No less important is the fact that socially unstable segments of the population can apply for employment, namely: youth, women, immigrants, etc. This is where you can gain the necessary experience, climb the career ladder and self-realization.

Main problems of entrepreneurs

An absolutely natural reaction of a person who decides to engage in any new activity is fear. Just as a small child is afraid to take the first step, an adult is afraid of the unknown. It is, of course, impossible to completely get rid of fear, but it is necessary to reduce its boundaries. To do this, you should talk to a more successful entrepreneur and gain experience from him.

Every person expects to receive a good income. The main problem of many beginning businessmen is finding a money niche.

It is much more correct to devote oneself to the area in which a person has certain knowledge, skills and abilities, and in which he shows interest.

After identifying a suitable niche, you need to think about where to start and which direction is the most correct. Of course, it will not be possible to do everything without errors, but careful analysis is half the success.

After the start of activity, various questions begin to arise related to choosing the best one, determining the optimal cost, attracting additional funds and their correct distribution. Communication with a successful businessman can solve problems.

Every entrepreneur should learn the “Pareto principle”: 20% of actions lead to 80% of results.

Consequently, only 20% are primary and important, and the remaining 80 cannot be called particularly significant. In general, all your efforts should be directed only to those actions that lead to results.

Another problem for novice businessmen is lack of discipline. Before starting your own business, you need to make sure of your own burning desire, otherwise success is unlikely to be achieved.

What kind of support is provided?

Any developing project needs investments, which can be asked from the state.

So, the Moscow government is ready to provide half a million rubles to newly opened businesses. This type of subsidy is a free provision of funds from the city budget to a legal entity or individual entrepreneur, which partially or fully reimburses the businessman’s expenses.

Small and medium-sized companies that were registered no more than 2 years ago can apply for this subsidy to the Moscow government.

Monetary support can be spent:

to purchase the necessary funds to conduct activities;
for the arrangement and equipment of workplaces;
for the purchase of raw materials and necessary materials (no more than 30% of the total amount);
payment of rental payments.

Monetary assistance from the state is provided in accordance with the following main condition: the bulk of the funds received must be spent on the needs of the company.

Types of subsidies and grants

To receive government subsidies, a new entrepreneur must consistently perform the following steps:

Register with the employment center.
Collect and provide the necessary package of documents confirming.
Submit to the employment service agent a business plan that details the goals that require government support.

This help provided once and only if the employment center failed to select a suitable workplace for the person. The amount of the subsidy is equal to the amount of the annual unemployment benefit.

Another way to receive assistance is to submit documents to local authorities in accordance with your place of residence. The amount of support here is much larger, although it is also more difficult to obtain - the competition is higher.

Federal subsidies are provided by the Fund for Assistance to Small Enterprises in the Field of Science and Technology. The most profitable programs include:

"Start". Any company that has been on the market for no more than 2 years and has not yet sold its product has the right to apply for participation (the amount of annual revenue should not exceed 0.3 million rubles). Research and development activities can be financed with a maximum of 6 million rubles. in 3 years.
The program is provided for several areas: biotechnology, innovative medicine, IT, development of innovative equipment and materials. After the entire amount of the subsidy has been paid, annual revenue must increase to the amount of assistance provided, and the number of employees with their main place of work in the enterprise must be at least half of the total number of workers.
"Development". This program is intended for companies that form their own niche, have their own history of scientific work and a certain level of cash flow. The program allows you to receive up to 15 million rubles, but not more than the amount of personal funds invested in the activity. The assistance is aimed at increasing revenue and profitability.

Among the departmental programs are:

Two programs for the agricultural industry aimed at supporting farmers and developing livestock. Such grants can be spent on building livestock farms, purchasing animals, and improving everyday life.
A program seeking to support organizations engaged in high-tech production, as well as introducing science into various business processes. To request funds, please contact the Ministry of Education.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade is responsible for the development of folk crafts. With government assistance, it is possible to purchase raw materials, organize logistics and significantly promote the fishery. Enterprises that are not included in the list of organizations engaged in folk crafts, which are supported by federal funds, cannot count on funding.

As part of regional programs, a company that does not owe anything to the state can count on the following assistance:

Subsidies for starting your own business. Any legal entity or individual entrepreneur who registered no more than 1 year ago can apply for support. In Moscow, up to 500 thousand rubles are allocated, in the regions - up to 300 thousand. An increased subsidy can be issued to enterprises engaged in innovative activities. You can spend money on purchasing fixed assets, paying rent, providing jobs and purchasing raw materials.
Subsidies for the acquisition of fixed assets on lease. Each individual region has its own rules for issuing this amount: either for making a down payment, or for full repayment of the lease debt, or for both purposes. The amount of assistance varies from 300 thousand to 10 million rubles. (the final amount depends on the cost of fixed assets).
Loan subsidies. Such assistance does not provide compensation for the body of the loan; its subject is part of the interest for the use of credit money.
Subsidies for participation in exhibitions– the region compensates the company for the money spent on participation in such an event.

Many of the nuances of various forms of support are discussed in the following video:

Where and how to look for help from the state?

Small businesses that need financial assistance must take part in a competitive selection process. He needs not only to collect a package of statutory and registration documents, but also to carefully fill out a special application, the information of which will be the basis for selecting program participants.

Each significant criterion earns a certain point. Based on the results obtained, the most worthy candidate who deserves state support is selected.

The main evaluation criteria include:

number of jobs created;
efficiency for the budget (amount of taxes and fees);
social level of business;
a number of other specific parameters.

An aspiring businessman must provide a carefully developed business plan with detailed information about the purposes of receiving support, main costs, payback period and profitability.

In addition, an entrepreneur can turn to local governments for help, although the competitive basis here is much more pronounced, since many want to receive help, but the state cannot invest in everyone.

Latest innovations

Based on current trends, we can safely say that there will be even more government programs aimed at supporting business. This area of the economy is considered the highest priority, so it is beneficial for the state to expand and consolidate it.

Several new solutions are aimed at the tax industry, labor relations, business insurance and the work of credit institutions.

The economic situation in the country is such that the state is forced to retain small entrepreneurs with guaranteed demand for their goods and services. For example, a certain percentage of government purchases is established by law. institutions of goods from small businesses.

In accordance with the presidential decree, it is planned to form a state corporation for the development of small businesses. The basis of this organization should be the Credit Guarantee Agency. The main task of the corporation is to create stable and long-term demand for goods offered by representatives of this class of business.

In addition, the Ministry of Economic Development has been tasked with developing a strategy aimed at developing mid-level businesses. The validity period of this program is 15 years. In August 2015, only the first stage was completed. If successfully implemented, by 2030 small and medium-sized entrepreneurs will occupy about 45% of the state's GDP instead of today's 21%.

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