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£6 a day to the bill payer?
My son works from home. I pay the bills. Does he still need to claim himself and supposedly pay me? I can tell you now , he might consider deducting that from the little bit he gives me. Yep , one of those kids with their head in the clouds.
Tax Relief Query (Working from home 2021-2022 pandemic tax year)
I work from home, and would be regardless of covid as my company has no office. I started working April 2021, and I gather from here: https://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2020/04/martin-lewis--working-from-home-due-to-coronavirus--claim-p6-wk-/ That this means I can claim the whole years tax relief. I went to the government…
SEISS 5th Grant Criteria
I am a self employed and I work at Heathrow airport as a consultant. The airport was closed since the first lockdown and hence I had not worked since then. The company I work for is now asking me to work starting August 1st but not as a self employed but as "employed on a zero hour contract" (I think in compliance with…
Coronavirus Travel Insurance
Hi, i was just wondering if anybody had found any luck with finding good coronavirus travel insurance. The worrying things about being denied travel are: 1. Testing positive before travel 2. Testing positive at the airport 3. Testing positive whilst on holiday and having to self isolate abroad 4. Flight/holiday…
SEISS turnover instructions seem contradictory
There appears to be a MAJOR discrepancy in the instructions just issued via the YouTube video from HMRC this afternoon in the link "new turnover test" Page 15 confirms exactly what was in the SEISS guidance on the GOV.UK website - turnover for the 12 months starting between 1 April and 6th April 2020 (which will normally…
Depart and arrive back to England but live in Scotland confused.
Doubly vaccinated and looking at flying from Newcastle to Greece. Tui offer the test before travel back to England and day 2 pcr package. Will still be in England on day 2 of return will I be under Scottish or English rules? CTM test £170 for Scotland or Tui £50pp
SEISS 5 Grant Confusion
Can anyone explain this? The 5th SEISS grant covers the period between 1st May and 30th September 2021 - 5 Months According to HMRC/Gov.UK we'll be able to claim a grant worth 80% (or 30%) of THREE MONTHS average trading profits. What has happened to the other two months?
Randox postal test service is very poor
warning to others that I have ordered pre-departure PCR test + other day 2 test for return, from Randox website. I still do not have them a week later. I have spent 2 x days trying to call them, simply impossible to get through on phones to speak with customer support. I have emailed today, as yet no response. There is no…
Covid and Travel Insurance
Hi. Has anyone been able to take out travel insurance that would cover them should they test positive for Covid within 72 hours of their return date, but not be unwell, and be unable to return to the UK as a result? I’ve taken out insurance with the Post Office, which includes Covid cover, but on checking with them they…
3 Night Stay - Amber Country - Testing?
Hi All, My colleague is planning a trip to Majorca on 6th August, leaving at 6:30am, arriving back Monday 9th August at 11:30pm. He and his partner are both double vaccinated so understand no quaratine is needed. The question they have is timings of the tests on the return. The government website states that a test must be…
Covid Recovery Certificate - Help
Hi there, My wife and I have just finished isolation after testing positive. Apparently the recovery certificate will show up in the NHS app after a few days after our isolation finishes. We're due to go to Gran Canaria is about 3 weeks time. Currently the Gov website says we have to provide a negative test 2/3 days before…
Test info - Scotland to Portugal
I am hoping somebody can help. I am travelling to Portugal from Glasgow airport (we live in England and my wife and I are double vaccinated) on the 17/8/21 returning 29/8/21. I am a little confused after researching what tests we need to have before and during our holiday and after our return for my 11 year old daughter. I…
Covid rules exact timings
First of all, please forgive me if this is asked before. I cannot find the info using the search engine or on any other webpages. I am travelling to France (2 weeks), then to Belgium (10 days). Coming from Belgium (to Scotland) and being double-vaccinated, I thought I would only need a pre-travel test in Belgium+ a 2 days…
Day 0 - rules whilst travelling home
In a few days we will be picking daughter and travelling companion up from their holiday. As neither is double jabbed and have visited an Amber country, I'm just checking about the rules for travelling home. I suspect that they will both land starving hungry - budget airline and skint teenagers!. Do they need a 'car…
Travel Insurance Help
Hi all, Apologies if this has been asked a thousand times but does anyone know of any travel insurance companies that would cover you if the rules changes re local or national lockdowns for UK staycations. I am assuming not and it is a risk you take but thought it was worth an ask. Thanks Kelly
Camping trip
Asking for a friend. A friend of mine is down near me on a camping trip on a proper camp site, but their app has pinged asking them to self isolate for 9 days, yet they are due to leave the site on Saturday. How can they self isolate if they are due to drive home half way through the self isolation period? I was due to…
Day 2 Tests from Amber list countries (fully vaccinated)
If I am planning to fly and order a Day 2 Test before departing, when are the test kits delivered? If they are delivered before you return home (ie whilst you are still out of the country), do they not require a signature? Am I missing something here? There are some wild variations in prices (£28 to £100+). Are there any…
Day 5 test to release & passenger locator form
Hi, .my teenage daughter is currently on holiday in Greece. She has only had one covid jab so far so has to quarantine on return. However she is due to take an exam on day 8 of her return, that can't be changed to a different date (unfortunate but a consequence of them having flights cancelled 3 times) so we have paid for…
Best COVID travel insurance
I have done a search for COVID travel insurance which returns a long list of providers. It would take a long time to go through these and read the T&Cs. So I was wondering if anyone had any experience of a great provider, and/or what kind of cover I should be getting. For example, would I be covered if government rules…
testingforall lost my covid test sample / refund
I sent back my test to testingforall (recommend on this site) The royal mail shows it was received but they cannot find it! Why do they not offer a full refund as i have not received what i paid for? Should i raise a merchant dispute with card?

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