Enhancing the Effectiveness of Support for MSMEs
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The Ministry of Planning and Investment shared that, in reality, the implementation of Circular No. 06/2022/TT-BKHDT over the past two years has revealed certain issues, including inconsistencies with Circular No. 52/2023/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance regarding the management of support for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs); inappropriate regulations on the expenses for recognizing or removing consultants from the network; unclear implications of certain support contents (consulting on digital transformation solutions; renting or purchasing digital transformation solutions; participating in trade fairs,…); and inconsistent application methods in the process of supporting MSMEs and establishing plans, approving estimates, and selecting service providers.
Following the direction of the Government leaders, it is necessary to develop a draft amendment to Circular No. 06/2022/TT-BKHDT to address these difficulties and promote decentralization and empowerment in implementing support activities for MSMEs from the central to local levels.
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Support for MSMEs
According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, regarding the guidance on supporting MSMEs (Article 3), it is unnecessary and burdensome for both MSMEs and support staff to require MSMEs to submit and store documents and dossiers related to their information and data. Therefore, the draft amendment has modified and supplemented the provisions of Clause 3, Article 3, so that both parties (the MSME support agency or organization and the MSME) jointly prepare a minutes of comparison of documents and information related to determining the scale of MSMEs, MSMEs owned by women, and MSMEs employing a large number of female workers, based on the MSME’s declaration, with the MSME being responsible for the declared information.
At the same time, Clause 4, Article 3 of Circular 06/2022/TT-BKHDT has also been modified and supplemented to clarify the case of supporting the head office, branches, and representative offices of MSMEs in different localities, providing a basis for MSME support agencies and organizations to support these cases.
In addition, to align with the norms and rates specified in Circular No. 52/2023/TT-BTC dated August 8, 2023, of the Ministry of Finance, Clause 1, Article 6 of Circular 06/2022/TT/BKHDT has been modified and supplemented to remove the provisions related to the ratio of management expenses (1%) for the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the focal point of the Ministry, ministerial-level agencies, and the Departments of Planning and Investment of localities (2%). Meanwhile, Clause 2, Article 9 has also been modified to remove the regulations on the expenses for recognizing consultants.
Based on the practical needs of MSMEs during the implementation of Circular 06/2022/TT-BKHDT over the past two years, the draft amendment has added Clause 4, Article 15 and Article 18 to provide specific guidance on supporting MSMEs’ participation in trade fairs and trade promotion activities as prescribed in Articles 22 and 25 of Decree 80/2021/ND-CP. Accordingly, the draft amendment stipulates that participation in trade fairs and trade promotion activities includes participating in trade fairs or exhibitions, organizing trade promotion delegations, or combining these activities. These additions aim to clarify the meaning of support activities, thereby facilitating the work of MSME support agencies and organizations in settling financial accounts for support activities funded by the state budget.
