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Booking a Covid test
I'm still confused about the Covid tests. Am I right to think you can only get a free test if you have symptoms , right? so if you have the virus and are asymptomatic then you can be infecting people left right and centre...
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Minimum Furlough Payment
Hi, Simple question here about Furlough payments at the moment. (Jan 2021) Employee earns £5000 a month. They are on full time Furlough. 80% of wages is £4k Furlough claim to Gov is the full £2.5k What is the employer legally obligated to pay to the employee? To me it seems very straight forward that it is £2.5k (before…
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Full time to part time Nov 20 furlough reduced
This is on behalf of my partner who is employed by an ethnic restaurant and is not from the UK. Employed since 2017 without a written contract worked full time with fixed hours & wage and was furloughed full time and then flexibly from Apr to 31-Oct-20, working weekend evening shifts only when the restaurant is open for…
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Moral dilemma regarding SEISS 4th payment
I hope you can help me. I'm self-employed, sole trader. I am a private piano teacher, and I have been fortunate enough to be able to continue teaching, although only remotely (Skype, Zoom, FaceTime, Whatsapp). But I did lose 16 students back in March (reducing my number of students from 45 to 29) as a result of lockdown. 2…
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NHS Provides Pulse Oximeters
In an article to today on the BBC News it was reported that the NHS are giving free pulse oximeters to at risk patients to monitor their oxygen levels at home, and suggested that everyone would do well to buy one of these "£20 gadgets". Has anyone here been given one of these and if so what was the make/model of the ones…
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Why are coffee shops for takeaways open this lockdown?
I drive past a coffee shop which part of a chain on the way to work. Always a queue outside as inside probably limited to 2-3 customers. Coffee shops aren’t essential IMO. As it defeats the object of staying in your home when possible. Around the shop, there is a small supermarket, chemist and a couple of banks. The other…
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Early Repayment Fee Confusion on Natwest Loan Holiday Payments Arrears Arrangment
Hi All, I have a natwest personal loan. I took the six months payment holiday. Understandably, they are now asking for me to arrange to do something about the arrears. I wanted the option of just adding the six months to the end of the loan term. However, they want me to sign up to this arrangement and they cannot/will not…
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Before and after school club
Should I have to pay for this when my children aren't attending?
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Vaccination for unpaid home care workers
Hi I totally understand most of the priority groups the government has setup for the vaccine. My mum is 98 and is one of them. Due to delays she's is only getting her first vaccine this Saturday but at least she has come through this so far. Along with my own job I have always looked after my relatives for over 30 years…
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Car finance house charged interest
Hi. Was charged interest on my holiday payment taken over the COVID 19 pandemic. When I agreed to the payment holiday, there was no mention of interest being charged from the finance house. I received a letter only months later to say I had been charged an additional £100 interest onto the account.
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retail work
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Can I claim the third SEISS grant?
Very simply: Last tax year (April 19 - April 20) I had profits of £47,400. During the November 1st - January 31st period I had profits of £10,460. This year (April up until January 13th) I have had profits of £39,000. I have some expenses before the end of the month (insurance, website, some other things) so at the end of…
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Mileage allowance and impact of covid 19
My employer reimburses my mileage at 10p per mile for business miles and I claim the difference (45p up to 10,000 / 25p for everything over 10.000) through mileage allowance within my self assessment. However, the impact of covid-19 has seen my travel reduced considerably and me working from home for most of the tax year…
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shielding and vaccine
hello Can anyone point me in the right direction with regards to shielding and vaccine. I'm trying to find out how long the current shielding plan is at the moment and what happens when the vaccine is then given and how soon a return to work is possible . thanks for any help
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Can't work ex partner tested positive.
My ex partner tested positive the other day, so the days she was going to have our daughter she can't because of isolating. I have no one else to look after her at this time, so I called work and said I can't come in because of the above situation (loosing 15 hours over 3 day's) The store manager said ok and scrubbed my…
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Council Tax Reduction
I am self employed and lost my business in March due to Covid 19. I am hoping a return to normal business later in the year. I had help with my council tax for last year but I am hoping there might be some help for 2021. Does anyone have any information about it? Thank you.
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Accommodation with job and now redundant due to COVID
My partner’s son and daughter in law manage a pub and they live in the premises above the pub. They have been on Furlough but were made redundant on 08 January 2021 and given 4 weeks to notice to leave the pub. Neither have a contract and they pay their own utility bills, broadband etc Do they have the rights and…
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Dividends and small limited companies
Can someone explain why our limited company where all our income is from dividends, as advised by accountants, is not liable for any assistance. Our income has reduced to practically nothing as the companies we work for closed. We are husband and wife team. We pay tax on our dividends and pay corporation tax so I do not…
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SEISS 3rd grant help
I am a ceramic maker. I started working as a full-time ceramic maker and selling my artwork since Sep 2019. From 1 Nov until now, most of the physical annual winter markets were not happening due to the coronavirus. However, fortunately, the online market sales that I have were not too bad (enough for rent and food). I…
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Cost of hire vehicle covered if garage closed
Self employed commercial van is stuck in repair Ford workshop, they have shut for two weeks maybe longer due to COVID outbreak, vehicle not under warranty. Can I claim cost of a hire vehicle back from them?
