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On March 17, 2010 was issued the call for aid for the purchase of furniture retailing in the Region of Murcia: Furnish Plan. Funding for this Furnish Plan has already been exhausted, but with the success of the initiative local authorities of the Region of Murcia have reached an agreement with representatives of manufacturers and traders in the sector to develop a new plan called "Plan Furnish 2”. The characteristics of this plan are:

Purpose and beneficiary
These are a series of aids to finance the purchase at retailers and manufacturers of the following items: sofas, chairs and seats, tables and occasional furniture, kitchen and dining room and bedroom furniture.

These items must be NEW.

The discount on the purchase of any products as specified above will be 15% of total sales. In the case of retail 10% discount is funded by the authorities and 5% the retailer itself while in the case of manufacturers 5% discount is funded by the authorities and 10% the manufacturer.

The aid can be requested only once and it has to be processed through retailer or manufacturer which made the purchase from.

Term

The deadline is June 30, 2010.

Procedure

Businesses that want to benefit from this plan must register at the website www.argem.es and click on AID box.

The management of the aids for the clients from retailers and manufacturers will be made online through a computer program that will provide the authorities and once made the request retailers or manufacturers must provide documentation justifying the aid granted to the client, which will be deducted directly by the retailer or manufacturer to the customer's purchase price.

Antonio Robles Jara

Tax advisor of www.serveco.es

antoniojara@serveco.es