Saskatchewan Small Business Emergency Payment Program - Phase 2, December 2020

• Payments are calculated based on 15% of a business's monthly sales revenue in any of November 2019, December 2019, or February 2020. The applicant may select the month to provide the business with the most financial assistance.
• The maximum payment is $5,000 per business.
• Payments can be used for any purpose, including paying fixed costs or expenditures related to re-opening the business following the pandemic.

Seasonal Business Benefits:

• Payments are based on 15% of a seasonal business's average monthly sales revenue, based on the full months that the business carried on operations in 2019.
• The maximum payment is $5,000 per business.
• Payments can be used for any purpose, including paying fixed costs or expenditures related to re-opening the business following the pandemic.

To be eligible, a Saskatchewan business must:

1. Have been carrying on business in Saskatchewan on October 31, 2020;
2. Maintain a permanent establishment in Saskatchewan and pay income tax to Saskatchewan;
3. Have been ordered to temporarily close or substantially curtail operations through a COVID-19 public health order;
4. Have less than 500 full-time and part-time employees;
   • In the year before the public health order; or
   • When averaged for the 3 years before the year in which the public health order was made;
5. Attest that they:
   • have experienced a loss, or will experience a loss, in sales revenue from business activities from December 1 to December 31, 2020, due to a public health order; and
   • plan to reopen or continue operations following the cancellation of the public health orders.
6. Apply before January 31, 2021.

A seasonal business is a small business that carries on business for more than one month in a year but not during the full year.

Businesses should review all of the eligibility criteria, as outlined in the Program Overview and Application Instructions, Q&A document and the program Regulations.

Complete the online application and:

• Include banking information for direct deposit;
• Acknowledge the attestation at the end of the application; and
• Click on 'submit'.

Program Overview and Application Instructions

Questions and Answers

Application Form

For additional information on the program, email ssbep@gov.sk.ca or call 1-800-667-6102 or 306-787-6645 in Regina.