Business Plans and Preferential Measures for Business Startup Support Based on the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act

Updated: March 17, 2023

Inagi City Startup Support Business Plan

In order to strengthen support for business startups in the city and promote business startups in the city, Sawayaka Shinkin Bank, which has concluded a comprehensive agreement on support for small and medium-sized enterprises, Mizuho Bank of Mizuho Financial Group, Inagi City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and co-sponsored foundation cram school We have formulated a business plan for supporting the establishment of Inagi City in collaboration with Tama City, which is implementing
Through this plan, we will further strengthen the collaborative system for supporting startups with Sawayaka Shinkin Bank, Mizuho Bank, Kiraboshi Bank, and the Inagi City Society of Commerce and Industry, aiming for 30 startups per year.

Inagi City Startup Support Business Plan Overview (PDF: 111KB)

What is a business plan for supporting startups based on the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act?

In the "Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act" that came into force on January 20, 2014, in order to promote the creation of local businesses, private start-up support businesses (regional financial institutions, NPOs, chambers of commerce and industry, etc.) and In cooperation with each other, municipalities will formulate a "startup support business plan" to implement start-up support, and the government will certify it.
In the "Amended Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act" that came into effect on July 9, 2018, the name of the plan was changed to "Business Plan for Supporting Startups, etc." Entrepreneurial Momentum Fostering Project) has become a new target.

For details of this system, please see the website of the Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry below.

Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry homepage) (external link)

Law for Partial Revision of the Act on Special Measures for Productivity Improvement and the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry website) (external link)

Specific start-up support projects based on start-up support business plans

“Specific start-up support, etc.” refers to a continuous support project that allows you to acquire all the knowledge about management, finance, human resource development, and market development among the businesses in the start-up support business plan. Various preferential treatment will be applied to those who meet the conditions.
Inagi City has positioned the Founding Genki Juku as a “specified start-up support project”.

Founding Genki Juku

List of incentives

preferential treatment	subject	content	Implementing agency, etc.
Exemption from registration and license tax	・A person who intends to start a business ・Individuals who have been in business for less than 5 years	When establishing a company (stock company, limited liability company, general partnership company, limited partnership company), the registration and license tax is exempted. (1) 0.35% of capital (usually 0.7%) for stock companies and limited liability companies Note: The minimum tax amount is 75,000 yen (usually 150,000 yen) for joint-stock companies and 30,000 yen (usually 60,000 yen) for limited liability companies. (2) General partnership and limited partnership 30,000 yen per case (usually 60,000 yen)	Tokyo Legal Affairs Bureau
Exceptions to Guarantees Related to Startup	・A person who intends to start a business ・Individuals who are not running a business	Unsecured, non-third party guarantor-free start-up guarantees can be used from 6 months prior to the start of business. (Usually 2 months in advance) Note: There is a separate examination	・National Federation of Credit Guarantee Associations ・Financial institutions
Satisfying the self-financing requirements of the “New Startup Loan Program”	・Persons before founding ・Businesses who have not completed two tax returns after founding	You can use the system as if you have satisfied the self-financing requirement of "having at least one-tenth of the total start-up capital with respect to self-financing." Note: There is a separate examination	Japan Finance Corporation
Lower interest rates on new business start-up support funds	none	The funds can be used to reduce interest rates on new business start-up support funds. Note: There is a separate examination	Japan Finance Corporation

Note: For details, please check the website of the organization that provides each loan system.
Note: In addition, issuing a certificate may be a requirement for applying for various subsidies.

Tokyo Legal Affairs Bureau (external link)

National Federation of Credit Guarantee Associations (external link)

Japan Finance Corporation (financial system for new startups) (external link)

Japan Finance Corporation (new start-up funds) (external link)

Finance Division, Finance Department, Industrial and Labor Bureau, Tokyo Metropolitan Government (external link)

Certificate for applying various preferential treatment

In order to receive the application of various preferential treatment, you need a certificate that you have received support from a specific start-up support project.
Please contact the Economy Division for information on how to apply for a certificate.

Certificate application form/certificate that you have received support from a specific start-up support business (PDF: 143KB)

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Inquiries about this page

Economic Division, Industry, Culture and Sports Department, Inagi City
2111 Higashi Naganuma, Inagi City, Tokyo
Phone: 042-378-2111 Fax: 042-377-4781