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Furlough fraud
Hi my son works for a company with about 80 employees, 4 months ago every one was put on flexi furlough apart from 10 people including him He now moved on to a new job and got his p45 in the post with a end of year wage slip,it show 3000 pound in claimed furlough but he has been working all the time And all the other 9…
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Working from home tax relief claim - self employed and employed
Hello! I am both employed and self employed. Am I able to claim the £6/week tax relief for working from home for my employment, as well as the standard £10/month ‘use of home office’ expense for being self employed? I have been required to work from home extensively under my employment, and have also needed to use my own…
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Should Hotel offer a refund ?
We booked a two night stay on Skye in an independent hotel. Yesterday they contacted us to say they were cancelling the booking, understandably. They have not offered us a refund but have offered us a rebooking within the next 12 months. If we accept this and we still cant go within the 12 months time limit, for whatever…
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Pandemic Insurance
Hi My sisters owns a pub & has pandemic insurance - after the recent supreme court ruling, she now needs to find out whether anyone within her local area had COVID - within 1 mile of her pub. Struggling to get this info - any ideas of how she could find this info - needs to be for certain dates in March 2020. Thanks Mark
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Working from home tax relief 2021/22
It doesn’t look like there is tax relief again for working from home for 2021/22. I work for a university and my role does not have contact with students, so many departments like mine are still having to work from home - probably until the Autumn. It’s then likely we will have to work from home some days of the week due…
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Holiday home
Do I have to pay full ground rent on my holiday home even though we were not allowed on the holiday park during lockdown ?
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IT Contractor and Business Interruption Claim
I am a sole LTD company IT Contractor. My company insurance is with Hiscox. I lost business between April and October due to the pandemic. Because of the nature of my work, I do not require business premises. Has anyone in a similar situation made a claim with the Business Insurance for loss of earnings? (I was one of the…
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Lawn Tennis Association will not refund service fee charge when cancelling event due to Covid-19
I
had bought tickets to a tennis event Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) event.The LTA cancelled the event cancelled due to the Covid-19
virus and I was advised a refund would be made. I received a partial refund
only. When I contacted them about the shortfall, they said it was because a
service fee was non-refundable and that…
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Seamstress non fittings
Hey I'm a seamstress and I have carried on working but I'm not doing fittings or allowing anyone into my home. Customers drop stuff off at my front door and I drop the finished items to my front door for collection. I wear a face covering and gloves and my customers also wear face coverings and I've been adhering to social…
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JSA & Part time work
Hello - I am receiving JSA but have now got a temp part time role - 14 hours per week. Do I need to inform the DWP of this or no need because you are allowed to work up to 16 hours per week whilst claiming JSA?
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Self employment tax return
Hi can anyone advise me, I’m new here! I’m a self employed dance instructor (within a partnership) due to coronavirus like many others we have been unable to work this year. My self employment tax return was due on the 31st January. I completed the return on the 15th of jan. After being worried about the self employment…
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Excluded SEISS - When will I know if now Included following March 2021 budget?
Hi all, I a newbie and apologies if someone already asked this Q, I had a look but couldn't find. I moved from employed to Self employed in the 2019/2020 tax year and was excluded. Wondering if I shall now be included as been s/e since then? if so when & how will I know I am now included and also how calculated?
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Covid Discretionary Business Grant. How Long Does It Take To Find Out If You have Been Approved?
I applied to my local council for the "Covid Discretionary Business Grant" for my LTD company (which I am the sole employee of) over a week ago and I have still not heard back yet. All I have had is an email after I submitted my grant saying that the council acknowledge the receipt of my application. Those that have had…
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Bounce back loan and universal credit
Hi, If I apply for a bounce back loan does this effect universal credit? My business has cost me around £5500 in losses since May last year when I began receiving universal credit. If I apply for a bounce back (I could qualify upto £16000) does this effect universal credit and if so how? Thanks for any help.
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How Can you register with a GP, without knowing your NHS number?
Please don’t judge. I’m looking for practical help. My brother (in England) moved home about 10 years ago. He never was one to engage with medical professionals, and has a severe needle phobia. He never informed his old GP practice that he was moving and has never registered with a new one at his new address. I suspect the…
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Sole trader to Ltd Company with Bounce Back Loan?
I was in a partnership for some time. I decided to buy out my partner last year as they wanted to retire. Buying them out exhausted all of our liquid capital, so I had to take out a bounce back loan to provide cash flow. Annoyingly, the bounce back loan had to be in both our names as we were still a partnership at the…
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BBL repayment extension
I have a BBL with Santander & repayments are due to start in a couple of months does anyone know the procedure for delaying the repayment start date?? Thanks in advance.
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SEISS 5th Grant - Query on turnover
Reading from HMRC's site on the 5th SESISS Grant it states: The amount of the fifth grant will be determined by how much your turnover has been reduced in the year April 2020 to April 2021. The fifth grant will be worth: * 80% of 3 months’ average trading profits, capped at £7,500, for those with a turnover reduction of…
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Anybody had their dropbox link from hmrc yet?
As the title says has anybody had their dropbox link from hmrc yet? I've had a call from them but not had the email yet.
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Furlough - same company different job/contract
Hi All I've been with the same company for the past 3 years. Furlough has been paid as per government guidelines. My company is getting rid of my current job and wishes me to sign a new contract for a different position. Would I automatically still qualify for Furlough pay? Thanks in advance, Phil
