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SEISS 4 calculation
Hello folks Re the SEISS grants. I was previously ineligible for infuriating reasons. I'm an actor and all of my work is freelance/zero-hours etc. Unfortunately one of my main semi-regular zero hours voiceover jobs was - despite being as insecure as all my other freelance work - PAYE. And as it made up more than 50% of my…
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Urgent - No employment and no child care
I’m writing on behalf of my friend. He lost his job due to Covid last year and has been working a zero hours contract job at a local hospital. Unfortunately he suddenly became ill last week (not Covid related) and has been forced to take two weeks off work and they won’t give him any shifts. Because of this, his son’s…
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SEISS 4th Grant No Contact
Hello, I was wondering if anyone is in a similar situation regarding the 4th SEISS grant and possibly can advise what to do. I was newly self-employed 2019/20 and so the 4th grant is the first I've been invited to apply for. I got a letter on March 24th saying that within 10 days I'd be phoned to ask for ID and bank…
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HMRC Self employed covid grany
Hi my partner has applied for the final support grant for the self employed. However during the process he noticed that his application had been frauded and the bank details were for someone in Leister and the bank was also not outs but Barclays. After seeing this error my partner tried in vain to contact the HMRC to…
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Experience day cancelled due to Covid
We purchased an experience day in May 2019, booked the day in August for following April, this was then cancelled due to Covid, we received and extension on the voucher and rebooked for November adding another 3 to the group. Again this was cancelled due to Covid. We have called now to rebook and they have said all they…
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Payment holiday AP marker
I took a 3 month payment holiday with nationwide back in march, despite being assured my credit file would not be impacted I get an alert today that they have recorded an arrangement to repay on my credit report. I am scared my other lenders will find out about this and close my accounts without realising this information…
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SEISS to one partner in a partnership
Hi, I'm about to do our partnership tax return and am a little unclear as to how to proceed. There are 2 people in the partnership (me and my wife!) and she was eligible for the SEISS grants last year and I wasn't as I am receiving more than 50% of pay from my pension. I knew it was taxable so I included it in the profits…
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SEISS 4 money earned between April 6th & 30th
Hi, I have a question about the SEISS 4 Grant. Since the qualifying period is February to April and the reduction of profit is to be calculated in the context of the whole tax year (20/21) how do I account for any money earned between April 6-30 2021 which is in the qualifying period but not in the relevant tax year?…
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Working from home tax relief - self assessment tax return question
Hello, So my situation during the pandemic has meant, like many, that I've been working from home 99% of the time - I live with my parents so the increased electric, heating cost etc hits them, but wanted to claim it back for them. My boss [from my full-time employment] mentioned there was working from home a tax relief in…
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Grants and re start grant
my local council are withholding All grant payments from me in a hospitality industry from November 5th 2020 to current date as they say I am not eligible as I have a striking off order on 6/4/21, surely this is retrospective and after all qualifying dates Please help , without this support I will lose my business, today…
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SEISS 5
I’m very confused about the 5th grant how do I know if I’m eligible? Will the 30% reduction in turnover be a comparison between 19/20 and 20/21 or between 20/21 and 20/22. Or even 19/20 and 21/22. Also does turnover refer to gross income aside from grants to date? I’m trading but with tiny income currently, although my…
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Self employment support
If I go self employed, and then we go into another lockdown within 3 months would I be entitled to the same support as someone who has been self employed for 3 years.
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Seiss grant 4
Been refused grant 4 as hmrc didn't receive my paper return until after 2nd march, i did receive the other 3 with no problems. I was declared bankrupt in september 2019 and therefore my utr changed and i had to file my first return after discharge with a paper one. I did not receive this until mid Febuary 2021, i should…
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SEISS 4th grant using 2020-21 figures
I claimed the first three grants. They were based solely on my 2018-19 return as I wasn't self employed prior to this (and 2019-20 wasn't included). I have just claimed the 4th grant and they have calculated it on 2018-19 which they have said is 2017-18 for which no return exists, 2019-20 which they have called 2018-19 and…
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Pay back furlough
Hi, I handed my notice in at work and they have told me I need to pay back all of the furlough I received, is this correct?
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Why can commercial retail landlords get no help even if they have had to cut their tenant’s rent?
Why is it that commercial retail landlords can get no help from the government when we have been forced to suspend our rental income in order to help keep our tenants going during the Covid crisis?
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Furlough and notice and money owed?
Hi, I was lucky enough to receive the offer of a new job, on informing my current employer that I would like to put my notice in I was advised their were willing to be flexible as we were not returning to work until 13th May at the earliest. With this is mind I submitted my notice and was offered a new start date for my…
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4th seiss grant
Hi i have claimed the previous 3 grants after suffering with significantly reduced customers over the the last year. After submitting these claims the system advised I would receive payment within 6 working days. I have today claimed grant 4. This time it advised me it would take 10 working days. My question is has anyone…
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2nd Jab After 8 Weeks
Just had a text message from my doctors offering 2nd AZ jab after 8 or 9 weeks.....isn't that a bit early
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SEISS Grant 4 question
Looking for some guidance on whether I should apply for grant 4. Background: I've been a sole trader since 2012, but I had one year out in 2016/17 to work a PAYE job. I filed a tax return for that year at £0 as I believed HMRC required this. Fast forward to the first three SEISS grants - HMRC took the PAYE year into…
