Digitalprämie Berlin - Step by step guide from ComputerButler
The most important facts about the digital premium Berlin:
- Support is available for solo self-employed persons, freelancers and small and medium-sized enterprises,
- the subsidies for specific digitisation projects must be not be repaid
- The digital premium of at least EUR 2,000.00 will not be paid out until this level of expenditure has been reached.
- The Land of Berlin finances 50 % and the entrepreneurs 50 % on a pro rata basis:In
- The project must be implemented within 6 months, otherwise the grant is forfeited.
- Incorporation has taken place before 31.12.2019
- maximum annual turnover of EUR 50 million per year
- maximum balance sheet total of EUR 43 million per year
Reason for funding by the State of Berlin:
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often lack the time and financial resources in their day-to-day business to drive digitization forward in their own companies.
Here she supports the funding program "Digitalprämie Berlin" to drive the digital transformation in her company.
Up to EUR 7 000 will be granted to self-employed persons, freelancers and SMEs with up to 10 employees (Digital Premium Basic) and with more than 10.5 and up to 249 employees, you can receive up to EUR 17,000 (Digital Premium Plus) apply.
The funding grants will be used for business process digitization, hardware, software, training, development, consulting, IT security, and employee training.
Examples of material expenditure Digital work and production processes
- Digital ERP, CRM, merchandise management or cash register systems
- Digital working time and access recording
- Digital payroll accounting
- Content Management Systems (CMS) for internal or external Websites or Intranet
- Document Management System (DMS)
- Management Information Systems
- Digital management processes
- CAM systems for production and manufacturing
- Internet-of-things platforms for internal use (IoT)
- Digital workshops in the team
- 3-D printing systems
Example: Sie sind der Besitzer eines Cafés und benötigen ein Kassensystem/POS.
Example: Sie benötigen eine Online-Software für die Arbeitszeiterfassung ihrer Mitarbeiter.
Example: Sie müssen ihre E-Mails archivieren oder möchten ihre bisherige Ordnerverwaltung in ein Dokumenten-Management-System (DMS)überführen für die leichtere Auffindbarkeit.
Example: Sie möchten ein Finanzielles Controlling für eine bessere Planung installieren um all ihre Einnahmen, Ausgaben und die Liquidität visuell abzubilden.
Example: Sie brauchen ein CRM-System um ihre Kunden besser zu verwalten.
Hardware and software for operational IT security
- Introduction or improvement of IT security
- E-mail encryption
- Hardware and Software Encryption Mac/Win/Linux
- Server encryption
- Security and backup of data
- Hardware & Software Security
- IT security infrastructure
- Digital data storage and backup
- Digital business site protection (Video surveillance with digital user identification or access recording)
- White hacker attacks through penetration testing of IT systems and certification
- Information Security Management System (ISMS)
Example: Secure archiving of data on encrypted servers with access authorization via VPN.
Conditions for eligibility
- Project may only be started after approval. Exception applies to the application for the Digital Premium Basic (max. 7,000 EUR) here can already be applied for before the approval and with own risk
- De minimis aid ceiling: a single enterprise may not receive more than EUR 200 000 in aid over a three-year period.
The following are not eligible:
- Replacement or supplementary purchases
as well as standard hardware and software like:
- Operating systems
- Word processing, presentation and spreadsheet software
- E-mail software
- Software updates without new functions
- Single-user PC, laptop, notebook
- Printer, Copier, Scanner
- Phone, smartphone, tablet
- Video camera, microphone, other equipment for video transmission (Keyword: Home Office)
Step-by-step guide from ComputerButler
Before we start online with the execution of the application you need the documents listed below from the Year 2019. You may each not be larger than 10 MB and must be uploaded as a PDF file.
- Valid identification document of the applicant:In
- Personal tax ID of the applicant:In
- Trade tax number
- Excerpt from the commercial register, business registration or registration of freelance activity
- Account data (IBAN)
- Tax assessment
- or income surplus statement according to § 4 para. 3 EstG
- or balance sheet according to § 4 para. 1 or 5 EstG
- Sales in the previous year (if available)
- current Turnover in Jahr 2020/2021
- For legal Persons (e.g. GmbH, UG, AG): Proof of entry of your company database in the Transparency database of the Berlin Senate Department. If you are not there as legal entity are already registered, you will find here a Registration.
1. registration for digital promotion
Call up the following link in your browser Registration
Now enter your e-mail, the "accurate"Enter the name of your institution, facility or company. Enter your title, first name and last name and click with the mouse on Request access.
You will receive a confirmation email a few minutes later
Also a few minutes later you will receive the activation email with your order number and your login.
As soon as they hit the Activation link (marker in the red rectangle) and entered your username and login email and Create now! you will receive another e-mail.
Click on the link or copy the link from the e-mail into your browser and call it up there.
A new browser window will open again. Please enter here again your login e-mail and a new password.
ComputerButler recommends the use of easy to remember Phrase passwords.
"Man Kfridge hat 6 Fächer, 2 Türen, 270 Liter Inhalt und 3 Kühlzonen". If you now select the first letters and the numbers, you will get the following password with a length of eleven characters: "MKh6F2T270LIu3K".
Another example:
"I like Asian food at night." We now enrich the password with special characters * and split the year 2021 On: "20I*eat*with pleasure*Evening*Asian21".
Once you have entered and confirmed the password, you can use the Enter of their data.
Enter now your Username (not the email or username as usual) and the new one you just created. Password on.
Now you are in the order management. Click on edit for your own projects (marked red).
Now the order overview is opened. Click on the basic data. Enter the Number of employees (solo self-employed 1), the Legal form and whether you jump the gun (only possible with the Digital Premium Basic). Do not forget to press the confirmation button in each line and to save.
This is followed by the company details.
Notice:
The year of application is 2019 and not the current year 2021. So enter the sales from the Year 2019 on.
Now click on the project. Here you have to explain exactly why you are taking advantage of the digital funding.
Example: Der zweite NAS Server wird zur Synchronisation von Daten gebraucht um bei einem Ausfall sofort und mit minimalsten zeitlichen Verlust weiterarbeiten zu können.
Example: Die neue Webseite wird gebraucht weil die alte Sicherheitsmängel hat, nicht mehr gepflegt werden kann und nicht mit den aktuellsten PHP Versionen funktioniert. Dadurch stellt Sie ein Sicherheitsrisiko weil über Sie Viren verbreitet werden können bzw. Schadcode, der ihre und fremde Systeme gefährdet.
De minimis declaration. Only important if you have received public funding in the last three years. They are to be entered below with file number and amounts.
With the PEP declaration you confirm or deny, for example, that you hold or have held a high political office.
Now we have reached the end of the application with the item Declarations. Here you declare whether you are a company that is interlinked with other companies or whether you operate without interlinkages. This is often the case with corporations or joint stock companies. If there are no interconnections, the other three checkboxes must be ticked. not can be clicked.
All others Checkboxes have to be clicked and the main purchase with Yes can be selected.
Open points that are still unprocessed can always be found in the overview.
