Small and Medium Enterprise Infrastructure Development Organization: “Digitalization and AI Induction Subsidy 2026 Normal Frame”

The 2026 subsidy for digitalization and AI adoption is a subsidy to support expenses in order to respond to system change, business efficiency, and improve work productivity. It is a system that follows from the former IT implementation subsidy, and it is a mechanism to jointly apply IT tools, options, and implementation related services including software, AI as a normal framework in the present official site. Targets are small and medium-sized enterprises and small business operators with headquarters or subsidies in Japan. Application is applicable when manufacturing, construction, transportation, wholesale, service, retail, software, inns, medical corporations, social welfare corporations, school corporations, NPOs, and various associations meet the criteria of the number of employees who use capital or at all times. The application requires a three-year business plan, such as G-Biz ID Prime, SECURITY ACTION declaration, minimum遵守 compliance, deduplication of auxiliary business, and improvement of labor productivity. The expenses for the subsidy are provided by the IT implementation support company and the cost of the introduction of IT tools registered to the secretariat. Software purchase costs, cloud usage fees (maximum 2 years), enhancement, data integration tools, security, implementation and utilization consulting, implementation setup, manual creation, implementation training, maintenance support, etc. Transportation, accommodation, application agency, consumption tax, free offerings, lease/rental contracts, used goods, and IT tools purchased before the grant decision are excluded. In principle, the auxiliary rate is less than one-half of two, and if the employee ratio is satisfied with the minimum従業員, the auxiliary rate is less than two-。rds. Auxiliary amount is more than 1 process and less than 50,000 yen or less than 1.5 million yen. The application period starts from March 30, 2026 at 10:00 on the official schedule, and the earliest deadline to open t