Grant for companies providing accounting and tax services

The Action aims to support companies accounting and tax services (Natural and Legal Persons), in order to adapt the operation with the upgrade/acquire the necessary digital infrastructure, to continue to provide uninterrupted services and support the business community, public Administration and the citizens, in order to meet the new conditions of the pandemic (COVID 19) has created.

The beneficiaries of the Action will have, among other things, to satisfy the following conditions:

• to submit an Application for Funding per TIN,
• to operate legally in the country and they start doing the competent TAX office to 28/02/2022,
• to have until the 28/02/2022 as active activity code one of the eligible SMR Chapter 6: ΕΠΙΛΕΞΙΜΟΙ FIELDS of ACTIVITY in at least one place of business (registered or/and a branch),
• to comply with απλογραφικά or διπλογραφικά books of law. 4308/2014.

Budget of the Action

30 million. euro for all the regions of the country.

The Action is co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF), the European Union and by national funds.

Beneficiaries of the Action

Small and medium-sized enterprises, which have been registered in the relevant Register kept by the Economic Chamber of Greece, as follows:  

• Self-employed accountants – tax consultants, holders of a vocational identity tax accountant in classes and
• Legal Persons to provide accounting and tax services.

Subsidy

In each beneficiary (discrete tax id) will be assigned to a total maximum grant for the upgrade of the digital infrastructure of the company as follows:

• Grant to 2.000 euro

0 =

• Grant to 1.500 euro

income for 2020 > 20.000 euro

The revenue resulting from the form Q3 Fiscal Year 2020 submitted 2021, from table D1/Sales of goods and provision of services, code 500 "Total Revenue from Sales of Goods and Provision of Services".

The potential beneficiaries, who were launching in 2021 and to 28.02.2022may be , may apply for and receive as upper limit grant amount Eur 1,500.

It is not accepted, for the calculation of the grant, amendment to statement of E3, which was submitted after the publication of this Invitation.

With the aim of the digital modernization of the potential beneficiaries are sponsored exclusive the following costs for the procurement of:

• Equipment Technologies Of Communication
• Softwares needed for the digital modernization of the company

It should be noted that in the ICT equipment included: Desktop PC's and peripherals, laptop, servers, multifunction devices and other information technology equipment.

Eligible expenditure is the the software market in the form of Software as a Service (SaaS) if it is necessary for the operation of the business and the digital upgrade of this. In the case of an acquisition in the form of Software as a Service (SAAS), selectable is the cost for one year.

The eligible expenditure on acquisition of assets for which the cost of acquiring each discrete item of equipment is not greater than 1.500 euro or another limit which is in accordance with current legislation, it gives the possibility of depreciation of the asset in the year of acquisition and up to the limits referred to above under certain conditions. 

Indicative not eligible the costs for: mobile phones, tablets, mobile connections, or other similar connections, any kind of subscriptions to magazines or libraries (printed or electronic), as well as the recoverable value added tax (VAT).

As a start eligibility is defined as the 1/1/2021. The deadline for completion is six (6) months from the date of adoption of the Decision of Accession, and in any case not beyond the 31/12/2023.