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After the federal government ended the Corona measures at the end of March 2022, the Corona economic aid subsequently expired at the end of June 2022. The EU’s state aid framework, which had been extended several times due to the ongoing pandemic, also expired on this date.
The Corona aid programmes Bridging Aid I-IV as well as the November and December aid are basically two-stage process In the first stage, applications were usually submitted on the basis of forecast figures (criterion: expected drop in sales in the respective funding months). In the second stage – the Final settlement the actual drop in sales (actual figures) had to be submitted. This ultimately determines the eligibility for funding and the amount of funding. The result of the audit can be Refunds, additional payments or confirmations of the funding already paid out.
If a final statement has not yet been submitted, this must be done as soon as possible. The deadline for submitting the final statement of Corona aid ended on October 31, 2023. If an extension has been requested, the final statement must be submitted by September 30, 2024 at the latest. Important note: The approval authority will shortly issue a final decision for all provisionally approved applications for which no complete final statement has been submitted or for which an extension has been requested by a third party auditor, demanding full repayment of the Corona aid granted. This corresponds to the funding conditions. Attention: If the final statement is not submitted on time, the entire funding amount must be repaid.
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With the Corona economic aid (bridging aid, November and December aid), companies and self-employed people with significant corona-related sales declines were supported with over 63 billion euros in federal funds between June 2020 and June 2022. According to the BMWK, the federal states’ approval offices have issued over 197,000 final decisions. In more than two thirds of the final statements examined, the provisionally granted aid is confirmed (36 percent) or a back payment (41 percent) is granted. Around 24 percent of the final decisions contain repayment demands.
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