SME Investment Growth Premium

As part of the „Economic package“the federal government is also a SME Investment Growth Premium contained. This direct promotion of investment growth for small and medium-sized enterprises is intended to be around 10,000 businesses nationwide – a similar model currently exists, for example, in Salzburg – with a total of €175 million supported in the years 2017 and 2018. Investment growth of around €1.2 billion and the creation of approximately 25,000 jobs. The funding applies to investments in newly purchased, capitalisable Tangible fixed assets subject to wear and tear. However, the purchase of passenger cars and land is excluded from this.

The premium amount depends on the Investment growth and of that Number of employees and is planned as follows. The investment growth is calculated according to the Average the respective newly activated acquisition or production costs of the depreciable fixed assets of three preceding years.

• For an investment increase of (in total) at least €50,000 and at most €450,000 for companies with up to 49 employees, there is a Premium from 15% for 2017 and 2018.
• With an investment increase of (in total) at least €100,000 and a maximum of €750,000 for companies with between 49 and 250 employees, there is a Premium from 10% for 2017 and 2018.

In the spirit of one-stop shop In principle, funding should be processed by the Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws). We will keep you informed about further developments (Billkeep you updated.

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