2022 Small Business Support Program

If you’re a business, sole trader or not-for-profit organisation in NSW and you've been impacted by the Omicron wave of COVID-19, you may be eligible for a payment under the 2022 Small Business Support Program.

The program provides cash flow support to help eligible businesses survive the impacts of COVID-19 and maintain their NSW employee headcount.

If you’re an employing business, the payment will be equivalent to 20% of weekly payroll for work performed in NSW:

• minimum payment will be $750 per week
• maximum payment will be $5,000 per week.

Weekly payroll should be determined by referring to the calculations underlying the most recent Business Activity Statement (BAS) provided to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for a tax period that falls within the 2021–22 financial year.

If you’re a non-employing business, such as a sole trader, you may be eligible to receive a payment of $500 per week.