Premiums - Walloon Region
WALLOON REGION
1) Disruption Premium
Who?
Micro and small businesses that have been forced to close their business because of the Corona measures can apply for a disruption premium if the following conditions are met:
1. The business is a micro or small enterprise;
2. The business can prove having activities before 12 March 2020;
3. The business paid social security contributions in 2018
- A start-up business (started after 2018) will have to demonstrate that it has paid social security contributions or received an income for which it owes social security contributions for the fourth quarter of 2019;
4. The company exercises activities in the Walloon Region and has its registered office there or an establishment registered in Wallonia;
5. The company is compulsorily closed by the measures taken by the National Security Council, based on the NACE codes. (https://indemnitecovid.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SDC19/pages/6259033/Quels+sont+les+codes+NACE+ligibles)
The Walloon government expects that 55.000 businesses will be able to receive the premium.
Amount?
The one-time premium amounts to 5.000 EUR and is exempt from taxes. The premium can be claimed for each company/business located in Wallonia.
How?
The government has created a platform on which the allowances can be requested. The new platform is accessible on following link.
The government plans on paying the allowances mid-April.
2) Compensation Premium
The Walloon government provides for a one-time compensation premium of 2.500 EUR for independents and businesses that have had a substantial interruption in their activities in March and April 2020. In order to request for the compensation premium, the entrepreneur must have been granted a full bridging right for both March and April 2020 and did not request a Walloon disruption premium.
Only small or micro businesses can request the compensation premium and the majority of their employees were temporarily unemployed in March or April 2020 due the COVID-19 crisis. The business cannot distribute dividends in 2020.
The compensation premium can be requested as of Monday 27 April via (https://indemnitecovid.wallonie.be/#/).
Other useful links
https://www.1890.be/article/coronavirus-quelles-mesures-pour-leconomie-et-lemploi-en-wallonie
https://www.wallonie.be/fr/mesures-decidees-par-le-gouvernement-wallon-180320