It is accessible under conditions to all companies, which will be able to benefit until December 31 from aid of up to 4 million euros.
The new simplified help desk for paying electricity bills for businesses opens this Saturday. Accessible on the impots.gouv.fr website, it concerns the months of September and October 2022. This counter “is simple, fast and targeted“, indicated the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire on France Inter this Saturday morning. It is available, subject to conditions, for all companies, which can benefit until December 31 from aid of up to 4 million euros.
The opening of this window follows the government’s announcements of October 27, which had promised new aid to support companies faced with the explosion of their energy bills, with a total envelope of around 10 billion euros. euros. The executive had indicated in particular that it was going to simplify an already existing system, but too complex and therefore underused, with the establishment of a one-stop shop allowing companies whose energy bills (gas, electricity but also heat and cold) have increased by at least 50% from 2022 to obtain aid, with the possibility of requesting a down payment.
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For invoices for the months of November and December 2022, the counter will be open “early 2023“, indicates the Ministry of the Economy. The criteria for being eligible for this aidhave been simplified“, reports Bercy. There are two : “the energy price during the aid application period (September and/or October 2022) must have increased by 50% compared to the average price paid in 2021», and the energy expenses during the period of request for aid must represent at least 3% of the turnover 2021.
Aid “paid within 15 days to three weeks”
To apply for aid, the company must provide its energy bills for September and/or October 2022 and its 2021 bills, its company’s bank details (RIB), as well as the aid calculation file made available to it. available on the tax website, and a sworn statement attesting that the company fulfills the conditions and the accuracy of the information declared. “The amount of aid corresponds for this tranche to 50% of the difference between the 2021 bill increased by 50% and the 2022 bill, within the limit of 70% of 2021 consumption“, explains Bercy. On France Inter, Bruno Le Maire specified that the help is then “paid within 15 days to three weeks“.
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A counter specific toenergy-intensive companies” will be open “End of november“. For them, aid can reach up to 150 million euros. At the same time, the device“electricity damper” will enter into force on January 1, 2023. It aims for the State to cover part of the 2023 bill for small and very small businesses, but also for local authorities, hospitals, universities and associations, which do not have access to the tariff shield. This device does not “will require no records”, said the government. “French companies will be as well protected as German companies“, wanted to reaffirm Bruno Le Maire on France Inter this Saturday.