Those whose activity is penalized by the fifth wave of Covid-19 will benefit from relief of social security contributions and financial assistance, the Minister delegated to SMEs, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne announced on Wednesday.
Le Monde with AFP
Independent workers, autoentrepreneurs, whose activity is penalized by the fifth wave of COVID-19, will benefit from relief of social contributions and “exceptional financial assistance,” announced, Wednesday, January 26, to The France-Presse Agency The Minister Delegate to Small and Medium Enterprises, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne.
The Government has decided to set up “a safety net for independent who have little or no worked at all because of the health restrictions,” said the minister, while a demonstration took place before the Ministry of The economy and finances, the call of several independent organizations.
There will be “two types of devices: on the one hand, a reduction in social contributions for December and January in terms of their status-specific terms”, detailed Mr. Lemoyne.
Thus, those who will lose more than 65% of sales will be able to deduct from their first quarter 2022 business figures in December and January. And if their decline in sales goes from 30 to 65%, still for December and January, they will be able to deduct half of the turnover of their activity in the first quarter.
help. The amount is not yet calibrated
The self-contractors concerned by this help are those of the S1 and S1 bis sectors, which concern the hotels, bars, restaurants, travel agencies, living show, sports clubs, museums, casinos, the production of films, said Mr. Lemoyne.
The second support device is an “exceptional financial assistance” that will address “to the self-employed, autoentrepreneurs of the hotels, catering, discotheques, like the DJs, world of the night, event agencies, travel agencies”, a announced the minister. “Its amount still needs to be calibrated” in the coming days and self-contractors will be able to apply for them on the sites urssaf.fr , secu-independants.fr or Autoentrepreneur.urssaf.fr , added Mr. Lemoyne.
This assistance, always in the December and January, will be paid by the Social Protection Council of the Independent Workers.
So far, “even in areas that benefit from aids, the self-employed are excluded from all State aid,” complained Hind ELIDRISSI, spokesperson for the “Neoosyndicate” of the self-employed, independent. Co.
The event brought together a dozen people from tourism and event environments, joined by VTC drivers and taxis. According to M me elidrissi, representatives of the movement had to be received at the Ministry of the Economy this afternoon.