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Incentives

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Cash grants/incentivesMore [+]Less [-]
  • Under the 2010/2011 cost-sharing grant scheme, financial incentives are awarded to foreign companies which they have a direct equity holding of at least 10%. (Funding - 2010: €6.5mn: 2011: €8mn. An extra €33mn is available for creating 1,000 new jobs in Pomurje Region).
Tax exemptionsMore [+]Less [-]

Corporate income tax base can be reduced by 20-40% of the amount invested in R&D depending on the region. Investments referred to are:

  • Investments in plant and equipment and/or intangible assets: tax base may be reduced by 30% limited to EUR 30,000;
  • Employment of disabled persons: tax relief of 50% - 100% of the disabled person's salary;
  • For voluntary supplementary pension insurance up to 24% of obligatory contributions for pension and disability insurance;
  • Practical training of a trainee within professional education.
  • Depreciation/amortisation rates range from 3-6% on buildings, 20% on equipment, vehicles and machinery to 33.3% on R&D equipment and 50% on computer hardware and software.
Property assistance / other fiscal incentiveMore [+]Less [-]
  • Municipalities may offer special incentives to be negotiated on a case-by-case basis such as industrial sites and/or utility connections at a special price or holidays from local taxes (rates).
  • FDI data and intelligence on companies, industrial sites, industries and markets.
Training and labor market assistanceMore [+]Less [-]
  • Grants for employing designated groups of unemployed persons (under 25, over 50, undergraduates, graduates, long-term unemployed).
  • Hiring unemployed persons decreases the corporate income tax base by 70% of gross wage cost up to the maximum state aid allowed or reimburses social security costs paid by the employer.
  • Incentives may be provided in the form of training of employees.
Loan guarantees, cheap loans or financeMore [+]Less [-]
  • Guarantee and credit line for SMEs.
  • Guarantees for borrowings of newly established companies 2010 – 2013.
  • Micro guarantees 2010 – 2013.
  • Guarantees for development projects 2009 – 2013.
  • Direct loans 2010 - 2013.
  • Grants (subsidies) line for SMEs.
  • Subsidies for start-ups in high-tech area 2009 – 2013.
  • Subsidies for technological projects 2009.
  • Venture capital line for SMEs.
  • Equity investments 2009 - 2013.
  • Mezzanine Loans 2009 - 2013.
Exemptions from regulations
Target sectorsMore [+]Less [-]
  1. Strategic Services (regional HQs, logistic and distribution centres, shared service centre).
  2. R&D.
  3. Several brownfield industries (convenient for: wood-industry, food products and beverages, chemicals and chemical products, pharmaceutical products and preparations, rubber and plastic products, fabricated metal products, electrical equipment, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and trailers).
Sectors specific incentivesMore [+]Less [-]
  • In addition to financial and tax incentives, the Slovenian Government may award co-financing to foreign investors directly if they create at least 38 new jobs in manufacturing sector, 15 in service sector or 8 R&D within 3 years after completing the project.

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