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Furlough extension to Sep 2021-Pay reference period?
Just looking for confirmation that the pay reference period remains tax year 2019/20 and not updated to 2020/21. So for a variable pay employee would reference relevant month from 2019/20 where this is higher than the year average?
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Lloyds bounce back loan -refused
Hi guys so i am a sole trader who was using my lloyds account for business too for about 2 years now and have now applied for a bbl 2 weeks ago i was then offered a loan servicing account by lloyds who i have been banking with for years so i went ahead and got accepted and they opend the servicing account after a few days…
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Bounce Back loan query
Hi. I am a sole trader and I received a Bounce Back loan through my HSBC current account right at the beginning of the scheme when it first opened. I am due to start making repayments in a couple of months. I have the direct debit set up waiting to take the first payment. I had always used my current account for all my…
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UK holiday rule of six help
So I booked a holiday last year for the family of 3 households. It was cancelled last year and the travel company said I could rebook for this year which I did. It’s booked for the end of May when the rule of six still applies indoors. There are more than six of us (although 2 of our households are already a bubble) but…
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2021 Budget. Self employed shafted again?
Am I the only one to notice this? If so he did a good job of missleading everyone.So this weeks budget announces the Self Employed Income Support Scheme grant has been extended for another 6 months up to september. That sounds good doesn't it? For those that don't know, the SEISS has been paying a grant to self employed…
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Received first 3 grants, will I get 4th? Filed 19/20 late
Hi, so my tax returns for have been up to date from 2015 until recently. I have received the first 3 grants based on my 18/19 tax returns. HOWEVER, I only filed my 19/20 yesterday (4th March). My account charges £400 to file tax returns and I’ve never found myself competent enough to do it myself so I’ve left it late as my…
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Restart grant tax year?
Hi. Does anyone know what tax year the restart business grant in April 2021, will come under. 2020/21, or 2021/22? Or does it depend when it has been received in bank account, in April? Ie, before or after tax year end.
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Employed Earnings over 50% - Grant 4 - Sorry for asking a Dumb Question!!
Hi All Any advice will be very much appreciated. Grant 4: I was eligible for Grant 1,2 & 3, but now I am looking at grant 4 and the eligibility criteria in relation to non trading profit and the 50% threshold. What Is on the Gov.uk website: You must earn at least 50% of your total income from self-employment. If you’re not…
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Support Grants
Hi, my partner has taken over the lease on the 1st Jan in a hairdressing salon after working there for 10 yrs renting a chair, she has jus received a her rates bill which states her rates are zero (it's only a small salon) previous to this she received grants. For being closed, the Seiss from HMRC and I know there was two…
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Flexible Furlough - rules?
Hi, my husband has been put on flexible furlough and I'm a bit confused by the rules. His boss has told him that during flexible furlough he is still at his beck and call at any time and that he still needs to be looking at his works emails everyday throughout the day and replying to them and doing any of the work required…
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Help to Save Scheme through Universal Credit
Have recently been made aware of this scheme, have been on UC for the last year due to covid restrictions, I note you have to be in "paid employment" over x amount in the last period to be able to open an account, and whilst normally this applies to both people in the claim due to covid you can apply if one partner meets…
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Serviced Office Rent
I currently rent space in a Serviced Building. At the moment, although there is access to my actual Office, there are no services being provided by the Landlord e.g. Reception is closed, no mail/parcel collection, the heating is off and cleaning down to a minimum. Is it reasonable to expect a rent reduction in these…
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Support, Help, Info?
Hi all! First time posting in here, hope some people can give me advice, help or information on my current situation. So near enough the end of October 2020 I successfully got a new job, its working in the valeting industry for a friends uncle its a well known franchise in the UK and this was a New business venture for my…
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SEISS 4 & 5
This is just to check my understanding is correct - Income from SEISS 1,2 and 3 do not count as trading profits or turnover - they are grants that will be taxed and accounted for separately from trading accounts SEISS 4 can be claimed if your profits/income for Feb to April 21 have been adversely affected by Covid. SEISS 5…
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Got shielding but want to go back to work
Hi,How do I write to work and say I want to come to work. I dont have any COVID-19.Thanks
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July 2021 payments on account deferral
My income has suffered due to home schooling and I don't seem eligible for the 4th furlough as my income was affected Jan - March 8th which is half way between the 3rd and 4th furloughs... So my question is, have deferral of payments on account for July 2021 been announced for self employed? I can't find any mention of…
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Wedding Refund - over visa chargeback cutoff
Hello, Looking for any advice regarding the retrieval of our wedding deposit from August 2020. In short, our wedding couldn’t go ahead in August last year due to the pandemic. We discussed with venue and decided no alternatives were much help to us. Availability for alternative dates was slim and we couldn’t make them work…
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Flexible Furlough
I've been working one day less due to a flexi-furlough scheme since Christmas without a loss of pay along with all other employees in my workplace.I've been un-flexi-furloughed this week.I am the only employe (so far) that has been unfurloughed and am therefore working one day extra than all other employees in the…
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Play More Golf
Hi, I paid for a year's membership of Play More Golf (PMG). This is a points based system where you select one of the syndicated golf courses to be your home course and you then use your points for rounds of golf at a slightly cheaper rate than the public. Due to lockdown golf courses have been closed and I have asked for…