The State should not hinder small and medium businesses

If Europe representatives of small and medium-sized businesses are struggling with the tax burden and bureaucracy, the Azerbaijani retailers and owners of small service businesses looking for salvation from bribery and tax law enforcement. This is one of the results of monitoring in different regions of the world.

According to Azer Mehdiyev, chairman of the public association "Support for Economic Initiatives" organized by the presentation of the project "Licensing of business activity in Azerbaijan: problems and solutions", it is the tip of the iceberg and the consequence of the lack of clear legal rules of business. If there are no rules, there is a clear and its implementation, and each local executive authorities arbitrarily interpret the law.

The presentation took place within launched today a five-year "project to promote small business," the organizational and financial International Finance Corporation (İFC) support for the U.S. organization for International Development (USAİD).

Azerbaijan has the relevant legal basis - about 100 laws, presidential decrees and other regulations, as well as international agreements. Cabinet approved the rules and regulations of issue of licenses for different types of businesses, and the number of permits issued by various government departments, has reached 305. Most permits are issued by the State Committee for Securities - 35, slightly (31 species permits) behind MOE. The government has 12 leaders in the number of "good" - on account of each of them more than 10 resolutions.

Unfortunately, sometimes they are aimed at weaning in business time and money. For example, to obtain a building permit, local entrepreneurs are 28 procedures within 212 days. For comparison - in Armenia, 17 procedures are overcome by an average of 77 days, in Georgia - 9 treatments for 74 days. In addition to licenses and permits every bureaucratic department has the right to refuse acceptance for registration, issuing orders, opinions, certificates, passports, examination results, technical ticket, specifications, positive reviews and a lot of what the negotiation notes.

According to the expert Kanan Aslanly, to optimize your business organization, including a minimum of paperwork and time to prepare the documents. The positive experience of On line registration "e-government" should be replicated and licensing authorities.

Azerbaijan, if he wants radical changes should change the attitude towards entrepreneurs, most of which are micro, small and medium business - believes chairman of the Center for Economic Research Ghalib Togrul. According to him, it is the State's responsibility for the development of small businesses. First, the government sets the framework of functioning market entities, including the development and monitoring of compliance with regulations. It is - the final owner of the property and the chief judge in property disputes. In addition, it is a universal tool for economic regulation and incentives of market processes.

It should create institutional frameworks have not declared, as of now, but the real managerial, financial, credit, scientific and methodological support. Enforcement and protection of business reflected in the legislation, precise tax and antitrust policies also play a big role in business development. In modern conditions, the most important factor in the functioning of small business is an information and advisory support (use of information networks, technical libraries, access to databases, advertising, development of specialized consulting services focused on the organizers of small innovative enterprises, taxation, insurance, planning, marketing, record-keeping, filing patents).

The expert considers an important tool for public support as the system of state orders. This form of relationship allows small businesses a guaranteed market, accelerate the process of capital accumulation, increase production capacity, strengthen competitiveness, modernize equipment and so on. - 17D-