Subsidy Guide for Businesses and - Investitionsbank Berlin

GRW Gemeinschaftsaufgabe / GRW common task
Common task “improvement of regional economic
structure” (GRW) - promoting commercial investment
in Berlin
Aim
To create and secure permanent jobs in all districts of Berlin
by supporting investment in the commercial sector. Support
by the Federal Land of Berlin focuses on investment projects at
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as investment
in defined clusters of of Berlin‘s innovation strategy.
Who?
Businesses with predominantly supra-regional sales unless
otherwise non-eligible for subsidies for particular industries/
branches
What?
Investment allowances are granted.
Subsidies are available for the acquisition or manufacture of
assets forming part of the investment project. This does not
include, for instance, motor vehicles, aircraft, trains, ships or
replacement investments. Capitalised acquisition costs of
certain intangible assets are also generally eligible for subsidies.
Subsidies are available for projects of the following
types:
• establishment of a new business or branch,
• expansion of an existing business or branch,
• diversification of the production at a facility to include
new, additional products,
• fundamental change in the overall production process at
an existing facility,
• acquisition of a business or branch that has been closed
down or is threatened by closure if this takes place under
market condition and by an independent investor.
Investment projects are only eligible for subsidy if their volume
totals at least EUR 10,000 and if the investment sum,
related to one year, exceeds the average depreciation earned
over the past three years - disregarding special depreciation
- by at least 50%, or if the number of permanent jobs at the
facility to be subsidised at the time the investment project
starts is increased by at least 15%. One newly created training
job counts as two permanent jobs.
The Subsidy Programmes Investment and Working Capital
The following maximum subsidy rates are available in Berlin’s
class-C subsidy regions (refer to www.businesslocation
center.de/foerdergebietskarte): small companies: 35%, medium-sized
companies: 25%, other facilities: 15%. Some areas of
Berlin are classified as class-D subsidy regions. Subsidy rates
in these regions total 20% for small and 10% for mediumsized
businesses. Subsidy rate of 7.5% for other businesses,
limited to a maximum of EUR 200,000 within 3 years.
If newly created, highly qualified permanent jobs are given
to women, a special subsidy of EUR 5,000 can be granted for
every such job given to a woman. The maximum subsidy rate
may not be exceeded as a result of this.
The basis is part II A. – commercial sector – of the co-ordination
framework of the common task “improvement of
regional economic structure” from 2009 onwards (printed
matter 16/13.950 of Deutscher Bundestag dated 8 September
2009) in conjunction with the communications by the
co-ordinating committee dated 30 November 2009, 22 December
2009 and 10 December 2010 as well as Berlin’s rules
for support and subsidy measures.
How?
Applications must be submitted to Investitionsbank Berlin.
Formal applications must be submitted before the investment
project is underway. IBB must confirm that the project
generally qualifies for subsidy as a precondition for commencing
the project. Retroactive subsidising is not possible.
It is urgently recommended that applicants contact Investitionsbank
Berlin as early as possible prior to investment.
There is no legal obligation to grant investment subsidies
hereunder. The same is applicable to the amount of the subsidy
rates.
Where?
Investitionsbank Berlin
Kundenberatung Wirtschaftsförderung
(Business Customer Centre)
Bundesallee 210, 10719 Berlin
Telephone: +49 (0) 30 / 2125-4747
Fax: +49 (0) 30 / 2125-4329
E-mail: kundenberatung.wirtschaft@ibb.de
Internet: www.ibb.de
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