Market Pass: The platform opens today, Friday 9/15 – who needs to submit a new order and who does not

Today, Friday, September 15, an electronic platform was opened to submit applications for granting a market permit. It is worth noting that new beneficiaries can submit a request, whereas for old beneficiaries the system will automatically submit new requests.

To grant the allowance, the income generated from this year’s declarations will be taken into account, and applicants (old and new) will be notified whether their application has been accepted or not.

A new digital card is issued to new beneficiaries

It should be noted that Market Pass 2, as it has been called, relates to the months of August, September and October. Payment of amounts will begin gradually from September 29 until November 5, depending on the category of beneficiaries and the time of submitting applications and completing tax returns.

According to the Ministry of National Economy and Finance, the platform will remain open until October 31, 2023, and as planned, those who received assistance in the first round do not need to apply again, while this year’s tax returns will be taken into account the income criterion.

However, even for old beneficiaries, there is the possibility of submitting a new application, until September 25, 2023, if they wish to modify the method of granting financial assistance from a digital debit card to a bank account, and vice versa, or the bank’s International Bank Account Number (IBAN) is changed. Of their choice.

Those interested should know the following:

1. For new beneficiaries, a new digital card is issued to make purchases exclusively in grocery stores, supermarkets, butchers, pastry shops, dairy stores, bakeries, popular markets and various food stores. The new card will remain valid until December 31, 2023. For those who received aid, a new card will not be issued as the validity of their card is extended until December 31, 2023.

Those who have chosen or will choose to pay the allowance into a bank account will receive 80% of the assistance to which they are entitled. That is 17.60 – 80 euros per month or 52.80 – 240 euros per quarter. In this case, the aid is used by the beneficiaries without restrictions.

With the non-physical digital card

2. The price of the Market Pass ranges from 22 to 100 euros per month if the allowance is paid on a non-physical digital card. The amounts for the quarter are 66 – 300 euros.

3. 3. Assistance is paid to natural persons, single, married, widowed, persons who have entered into a cohabitation agreement, separated or divorced who meet the established income and property criteria. Especially for married people or people who have concluded a cohabitation agreement. The beneficiary is the person obligated to submit an income tax return, or one of them in the case of filing a separate return.

Natural persons who have filed their 2022 tax return on time will receive assistance if they have income of up to €16,000 for an unmarried debtor or a widowed or separated debtor, €24,000 for a married debtor, an increase of €5,000 for each child, another dependent member and a guest household member, €24,000 for a single-parent family with an additional €5,000 for each other dependent child and guest member, after the first. The value of the property must not exceed €250,000 for single, widowed or separated debtors and €400,000 for married or cohabiting and single-parent families.

Payment schedule

4. According to the schedule, financial aid will be disbursed for the months of August, September, and October:

• Until September 29, 2023 for applications submitted through September 25, 2023 and for those who previously received assistance and are eligible again. A necessary condition is that the beneficiaries’ tax returns must be cleared by September 25, 2023.

• Until November 5, 2023 for applications submitted after September 25 through October 31, 2023, and for those whose tax returns were filed after September 25.

Source: RES-MPE