The advance payments and the volume of subsidies also increase to up to € 100,000 and € 1.5 million per month per operation.

In the retail sector, up to 100 percent depreciation on seasonal goods can now be set as fixed costs – for example, Christmas items, winter clothing or even fireworks. In the travel industry, costs and loss of revenue due to cancellations and cancellations are also fully taken into account. And for solo self-employed workers, the restart aid will be doubled to a one-off 50 percent of the reference turnover, the maximum operating cost lump sum will be increased to €7,500." The aid will be simpler, more extensive and more precise," emphasized Finance Minister Olaf Scholz after the federal-state decision. The advance payments are to come in February, the final decisions from March.