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We continue to get acquainted with the features of the use of new cash registers together with Yanis Yuksha, a practicing lawyer, candidate of Law, professor, member of the Expert Council of the Moscow Region Chamber of Advocates.

– When announcing the law, it was told about measures of state support for small businesses. What is the situation in reality?

In fact, in addition to special credit lines for equipping new cash registers, there are many forms of assistance for those who want to start their own business. The most popular types of state support for entrepreneurs are subsidies and one-time assistance. If your sole proprietor has been registered for less than two years or you are the founder of an LLC that is also less than two years old, you can count on a state subsidy. It should be noted that each region of the Russian Federation has its own requirements for registration of subsidies. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the types of subsidies and the form of reporting to regional authorities. But, besides this, there are also a number of mandatory conditions. The first expenditure of funds received under the subsidy must be targeted. Second, all expenses must be documented. And the third – at the end of the reporting period, it is necessary to submit acts, invoices and receipts to the control authorities. It should be borne in mind that the misuse of subsidies or the inability to confirm the use of funds will lead to the need to return the corresponding amount to the budget. Therefore, if you have received a subsidy, try to carefully fulfill all the requirements of the state, so as not to save your company from bankruptcy later.
If you are planning to open a turnkey business, then you should not count on a 100% subsidy from the state. The fact is that the state programs to support small businesses in 2017 are implemented in the form of co-financing and an individual entrepreneur in any case will have to invest part of his own funds. In 2017, funds for the opening of a small enterprise can also be obtained from the Federal Employment Service. This is provided within the framework of the state service to promote self-employment of citizens who have received the status of unemployed.

When planning to receive one-time assistance from an Employment Center in your region, you should pay attention to some important points. First of all, you need to register with the Central Bank as an unemployed person and prove that all the employment options offered by the center are not suitable for you. Rejections of the proposed vacancies must necessarily be justified. You will need to come to the curator and fulfill all the requirements imposed by the service.
If after a certain period of time you are not satisfied with a job, you can proceed to the next stage by making a statement that you are ready to open your own small business enterprise. You may be offered to take courses for free. 
In addition, you will need to make a detailed business plan. If it is approved, you can register an individual entrepreneur or become a founder of an LLC.
After registering an individual entrepreneur, you will need to provide documents confirming the status of an individual entrepreneur to the Employment Center and conclude an agreement on receiving one-time financial assistance (for running a small business). Do not forget that reporting is very important for the employment service. The most important thing is to properly draw up documents for spending funds.
Here, as in the case of new cash registers, at first a certain amount of effort and material investments will be required, which, however, as a result will bring your business a number of undeniable advantages.

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