The decisions made helped to relieve the company and to invest in production and raw materials
The Regional Chamber of Commerce Kraljevo with 6,229 companies and 19,770 entrepreneurs, which covers the areas of Raska and Moravica districts, after Belgrade and Novi Sad, represents the area with the most economic entities and one of the most dynamic and significant economic activities in the Republic of Serbia.
– The measures taken by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, and the Government of the Republic of Serbia have confirmed the strength of the state. The first package of measures, which was significant and comprehensive, saved jobs in our area as well as in the Republic. There has even been an increase in the number of employees in some areas – said the director of the Regional Chamber of Commerce of Kraljevo, Zvonko Tufegdzic.
The measures enabled all employees in small, medium and micro enterprises to receive their salaries from the state, which relieved economic entities of investing in production and raw materials. The first package of measures enabled the postponement of tax payments, as well as assistance in the amount of 50 percent of the minimum wage to companies that had to send workers on forced leave.
– It is extremely important that in the meantime, the state came up with another package of measures that will enable all companies in this area to maintain economic activity, even those that are most affected by working conditions during the pandemic. The measures will enable the maintenance of liquidity and labor force – Tufegdzic added.
As part of the measures, the state came out with loans intended for the economy under extremely favorable measures, it was possible to postpone the payment of taxes as well as assistance in the amount of 50 percent of the minimum wage to companies that had to send workers on forced leave.
– The most endangered companies have at their disposal even more favorable loans with a repayment period of five years, an interest rate of one percent and a grace period of two years. All these measures are aimed at the economy to pass a difficult period as painlessly as possible, to maintain economic activity in the existing conditions and to preserve jobs – Tufegdzic estimates, PKS reports.
