The Secretary of the Department of Hacienda, Francisco Parés Alicea, informs that it is late to implement the first unpackers and retailers, including the Coronavirus Operations Assistance Program (BIG).
It raised $ 11,892.16 to 2,124 small retailers eligible for this program, which began receiving goodwill after the past four weeks. The BIG assistance project, worth $ 65 million, will be unveiled and we will receive the documentation required in the guises, ”said Paris Alicea.
According to information, Hacienda pre-qualifies around 17,000 small retailers, including two restaurants, bars, pubs, cafeterias, gyms, spaces for artistic or sports events, theaters and other recreational areas.
Before that, Paris Alicea said that the intention of Governor Pedro Pierluisi, is to support these merchants who do not qualify for other aid distributed to affected businesses by Covid-19.
The selected negotiations will reflect a volume of sales to the mayor of $ 3 million during the natural year 2020 and will take place on March 15 of this year. The Secretariat will identify the information in its Merchant Registry, its NAICS classification codes and the total number of sales reports on the Sales and Sales Tax (IVU) monthly plans, released by 12 months of 2020.
Applicants can claim incurred costs and losses during the pandemic, as well as inventory, staff for personal protection and to promote health and safety, nominal costs, rent, technology to facilitate e-commerce, professional grooming services physical distance and limping and disinfection services, between other operating costs incurred between March 15, 2020 and December 31, 2021.
The pre-qualified retailers, who were informed about their accounts in SURI and those who have not acted, will report that they need to provide information using the platform. It will raise $ 5,000 in merchants who do not have employees; $ 8,000 to those who have ten and 15,000 to those who have six people working ”, explained the Hacienda title.