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Yanggu-gun is promoting a card fee support project in the second half of the year as local small business owners are experiencing difficulties due to the economic recession and decreased consumption.
(Yanggu = Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Ji-woong = Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do, announced on the 13th that it will carry out a card fee support project in the second half of the year to ease the management burden of local small business owners suffering from economic recession and decreased consumption.
The project is divided into two areas: support for card fees for small and medium-sized business owners and support for card fees for card-type Yanggu Love Gift Certificate (Belly Pay) affiliated stores.
The card fee support project for small and medium-sized businesses is applicable to small business owners with an address in Yanggu for more than one year as of the announcement date, with annual sales of KRW 300 million or less in the previous year.
The subsidy is paid to an account in the applicant's name up to 800,000 won per affiliated store within the range of 0.4% of last year's card sales.
The Belly Pay affiliated store card fee support project is being promoted for Belly Pay affiliated stores with sales exceeding 300 million won last year.
The subsidy is provided in the form of a policy allowance to the Belly Pay card in the name of the franchise owner up to a maximum of 500,000 won per affiliated store within the range of 1% of last year's Navel Pay sales.
This year, the county expanded the support criteria from annual sales of less than 200 million won to less than 300 million won so that more small business owners can receive benefits.
The application period is until the 30th of this month, and you can visit the economic policy team of the economic sports department at the county office with the relevant documents.
However, businesses excluded from policy funding support for small business owners, businesses that are temporarily closed or closed, and businesses that do not meet the purpose of support are excluded from support.
Kim Soon-hee, head of the county's economic and sports department, said, "I hope this project will be of practical help to small business owners who are struggling due to the economic downturn and the burden of fixed costs," and added, "We will continue to pursue various support policies to revitalize local commercial districts and stabilize the management of small business owners."

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