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Working from home & claiming expenses but starting maternity leave query plse
Mu daughter had to start working from home at the beginning of the March lockdown and a few weeks later found out she was pregnant. She has just started her maternity leave. She completed the expenses form for working from home via the Gov UK website, which now gives tax relief for a year, but how does that work now that…
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Furlough Pay Help...
Please can someone advise what I’ll be paid if I accept flexible furlough... Furlough in December 2020 ;Annual pay is £30000 £2500 per month before tax,ni, pension... I pay 4.5% pension I will be working 1 day a week on a Thursday- so in December I’ll be working 4 days! Please can someone tell me what my take home pay will…
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Laid off and refused holiday pay due to Furlough
Hi I'm looking for some advice. I had been working at a restaurant from July until this present lockdown. The employer has taken this opportunity to let go of 4 staff, myself included. They have, kindly, put us on the furlough scheme up until December, however, this means that we apparently forgo any holiday pay we've…
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I cannot work from home I work for the NHS
I cannot work from home so what tax relief will I get, shouldn’t I get the same as those working from home? I travel 50 miles a day and pay for parking I work 37.5 hours a week and continue to do so , what relief is there for me?
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Furlough for Zero hours contracts
I read Martin's Corona virus help page on Saturday and sent the link to my son who has been furloughed from his Zero hours contract. This information page changed by the time my son opened the link and no longer explains how Zero hours contracts are treated. He was just offered several sessions starting on the day of the…
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Flexible Furlough Question
Hi I am a Company Director and employee of my own company and see that a 'flexible' Furlough scheme was introduced on July 1st 2020 I usually work a 40 hour week but since the slowdown in business due to Covid 19 I have been working no more than 10 hours per week I originally furloughed myself at the beginning of the…
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Furlough
I went back to work on 2nd nov after being furloughed then it was announced that it was again being extended until March 2021 so I was asked into a meeting and I was told my choices were go home and go on SSP which is just over £94 week which I can’t live on I am 72 years old have worked for this company full time for 21…
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Furloughed one day?????
Hi the question is in the title My son came home from work and said approximately 80% of the workforce are on furlough just for Friday s Is this correct???????
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Furlough - Change of contract
During the first lockdown I was on furlough for my 39hr contract, since September I have dropped to a 20hr contract. Will I get the same furlough pay as in the first lockdown or 80% of my current 20hr contract. (Side note: my first pay on the 20hr contract was incorrect and I was underpaid - this was amended in my pay the…
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Mortgage holiday
Hi, if this is is wrong place then I apologise. I’ve already taken a 3 month payment mortgage holiday with Skipton earlier in the year, I’m back paying full payments now - but I’m about to be furloughed and my partners new job has fallen through. I want to apply for a further mortgage payment holiday, probably for 2…
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Rejoining a former company to claim new Furlough
Hi All,I started a 6 month contract in Feb, this was through a recruitment consultancy. One month into it I was put into lockdown and then the company put me into Furlough for 2 months. The contract was extended 2 months at no cost to the employer whatsoever (I have had this confirmed to me). My last official day was 31…
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New starter after 31st October
As a new starter with an employer after 31st October 2020 who now has limited work, they would not be entitled to furlough for the month of November. Will it be the case for December also. Or will the government extend the cut-off again for new starters as they did on 28th February extending it to 19th March this year?
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Am I Eligible For Any Help?
Just wondering if I am eligible for any financial coronavirus help. Apologies in advance if this has already been asked / covered in previous threads. I left my full time employment in November 2019 to launch / start my own business in March 2020. However, due to Covid I obviously had to put these plans on hold, so since…
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New Company Director - 18 Years old - do i qualify for Furlough ?
So here`s my question, My son set up his own business, aged 18, in Feb this year. He is the sole director of his limited company. He has been fortunate to have been reasonably busy all over lock-down, he has paid himself from the business account, as and when he needed, with no PAYE being set up with the government since…
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Furlough Employer National Insurance Contribution
I am looking at a case for a fellow employee who is on Zero hour contract and been rejected Furlough. Out of interest how much would the National Insurance amount the employer would have to contribute for an employee with Furlough pay around £750pm? Employee is not in company pension. Just trying to see what the actual…
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Self-Employed - Tax Year 2019-20 makes me eligible but in 2018-19 I wasn't.
I didn't qualify for any self-employed support because in 2018-19 my self-employed income was less than 50% of the total, (it was 45%). In tax year 2019-20, which I'm about to submit to HMRC, nearly all my income was from self-employment. Will I be able to apply for the new support?
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Car Finance
My friend a 80 year old lady purchased a car using PSA Finance UK ltd in March 2018. At the start of the first lockdown, she lost her part-time job and could not afford her car payments. Having heard about the payment holidays I suggested that she applied for just that to help her get back on her feet. She was allowed to…
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Switching a business bank account with bounce bank loan
I currently have a bounce back loan with HSBC, but am looking to change my business account provider. Is this possible?
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Help for Ltd companies
Good morning does anyone out there know of any help for people with limited companies? My ex-husband has a limited company but he is a one man band and is struggling as he is earning little money. I can see plenty of help out there for self-employed and employed but nothing for someone running a small limited company with…
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Refusal of furlough.
Hi. I work for a care home as a maintenance person and have had to shield as I am very high risk and some of the residents have proved positive for Covid 19. I have asked my employer if I will get furloughed but have been told that I won't for the following reason. The care home is receiving government funding to cover the…