The Hessian Ministry of Economic Affairs has announced a kind of hardship regulation after criticism of the recovery of Corona aids. “In special exceptional cases, the repayment can be issued permanently,” said the Ministry on Tuesday. This is “especially if the company is in an unprovered economic emergency and would lead to a repayment to an existential risk”. The Land Hessen began in July with the review of more than 90,000 small businesses and freelancers that had received Corona’s Fun aids of up to 30,000 euros in spring 2020. According to the ministry, almost 3300 have already received repayment notices of an average of 7,000 euros. At around 3,600, “no repayment requirement was found”. The most procedures still last because those affected have applied for an extension of the feedback deadline initially scheduled for two weeks. According to the ministry, deadline extensions are still possible. Insofar as repayments are due, they could be paid in installments or also deferred. Economic Minister Kaweh Mansori (SPD) said that they wanted to do “everything legally possible (…) to counter an economic imbalance with the companies”. Economic associations see the first improvement of the Hessian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HIHK) and the working group of the Hessian chambers of crafts announced that the ministry took the criticism seriously. “With the extension of the deadlines and the possibility of deferral and installment payment, the companies gain valuable time so that high repayments do not bring them again in immediate liquidity bottlenecks,” commented Frank Dittmar, President of the Working Group of the Hessian Chamber of Crafts. will find constructive solutions ”. However, she also pointed out that the responsible regional council of Kassel had sent the first recovery notices in which operating costs made from the spring of 2020 were “not recognized”. Affected companies should therefore examine “whether they are consulting a tax advisor”. More on the topic of the Hessen trade association, the Ministry of Economic Affairs “thanked for the willingness to seek unbureaucratic solutions here”. However, general managing director Sven Rohde confirmed his criticism “that the claims have reached many Hessian trading companies at the wrong time and without any warning. For numerous companies that are still fighting with the economic consequences of pandemic and energy crisis, this is an additional and unreasonable burden.” It is “catastrophic and anti -medium -sized,” criticizes the group leader Stefan Naas. “The procedure must be stopped until the technical problems are solved and the essential legal questions have been resolved.”
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