Gov’t to identify individuals who need help after job loss amid state of emergency

The Georgian government will identify people who need help as a result of having lost jobs amid the state of emergency in Georgia. 

The government will determine who has lost the job in this period through the decreased amount of people who pay income taxes, said Vice Prime Minister Maia Tskitishvili earlier today.

Income taxes are recorded in the Revenue Service and through the decreased amount of the people who pay income taxes we will be able to determine who did not or could not gain the income during this time,” said Tskitishvili.

Tskitishvili noted that after determining the number of people who have not got income in this period, the government will assess the amount of money needed to help Georgian citizens and the amount of the compensation each person will be given.

On April 2, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia stated that the government will help people who have lost their jobs due to the state of emergency announced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the country.

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Meanwhile, the government has already put forward an initiative to help businesses or individuals who have suffered during the global coronavirus crisis and state of emergency in Georgia.

The government postponed the payment of value added tax by three months (March, April, May) for those involved in tourism and the state is ready to spend 100 million GEL (about $30.44m/€27.85) to support them.

The government will also cover utility fees, including sanitary service, gas and water bills for three months (March, April, May) for households which consume less than 200 kWh of electricity and 200 cubic meters of natural gas per month.