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Furlough pay
Hi everyone, can someone help explain how the furlough pay is calculated please. i was working part time 18 hours a week during the first lockdown, so when we went on lockdown I received about 14.4 hours a week pay which by my calculations is around 80%. fast forward to when we came back from the first lockdown in July, my…
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SEISS 4 to claim or not to claim
Nothing like a deadline to focus the mind! my dilemma is that income is very much seasonal from April to October. I didn’t claim SEISS 3 as I have negligible business turnover from 1st November to 31st January. For the SEISS 4 period, 1st February to 30th April, I calculate that I have lost 12% of my annual turnover based…
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SEISS 4 - eligibility - newly self-employed plus maternity leave
I am wondering if anyone else has had problems with SEISS 4 eligibility as a working parent. I am newly self-employed (July 2019) so thought I would be eligible for SEISS 4. But because of being on maternity leave from January - September 2019, this apparently means I am not. The mat leave skewed my tax return. I have…
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PCR tests for day 2 & 8 when to buy them
How early can you buy these tests before you have to go away? can I buy a week or two in advance? do they fit through the door's letterbox ? How do you return these tests if you are in quarantine and you live alone? I understand they can be dropped at a priority mail box, taken to their labs, etc.. but you have to leave…
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PCR Testing and holiday refunds
Hi, I apologise if this has been asked before, i couldn't find anything. We had our original holiday booked last year 2020 but obviously had to cancel, however due to the fact it was a great deal and we had everything we wanted we decided to transfer to this year in the hope we would have the same deal, and, with a little…
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Thank you 😊
I hope this right place for post I wanted to thank everyone who has helped me with my questions and given me tons of advice and information 😊I honestly appreciate it I hope everyone is doing well ❤️ and Wish everyone tons of good health 😁
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southall travell, flight cancelled to india due to covid but no refund from agent.
evening, father in law book some flights to india which have been cancelled with Southall travell, they initially promised £600 back of the £1100 but obviously nothing and now they wont respond, a quick google and there seems to be alot of people in the same situation. Father paid with debit card. anything we can help him…
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British Airways - Unfair Practice - Advice desperately needed
On the 14th May BA cancelled my return flight from London Gatwick to Orlando. I chose to take a voucher so I could immediately rebook the flight as it is fairly urgent that I get to the UK. The website informed me that the voucher would be emailed to me with 48 hours. After 4 days I contacted BA who said they were sorry…
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Teletext Holidays refund ??
Hi all, advice needed please, we booked via Teletext Holidays for May 16th, visiting Turkey, holiday provided by Jet2. Teletext contacted me this afternoon confirming cancellation and giving me two options, to either rebook straight away for a later date or to get a travel voucher/credit for next year, but when I requested…
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Refund from lastminute.com refused
Can anyone help lastminute.com have said that since last year because we rebooked with them with vouchers we can not get our money back now and our flights have been cancelled again and they have sent me a email to say I would get it back but they say its the computer that won't let them do it can anyone help with this…
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Hot air balloon ride booking - not vaccinated
Hey everyone, we booked to ride in a hot air balloon back in 2019 which was cancelled - they extended the booking which was great but only till Oct this year, it’s a shared balloon ride with up to 16 other people, are be not been vaccinated yet and probably won’t have both till the end of August which only gives us an 8…
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Bug in the Online Portal for CoronaVirus Job Retention scheme application for Employers
There appears to be an error in the Online portal. When
making the CoronaVirus Job Retention scheme application, I get “You are not
eligible to make a claim. The employee is registered for PAYE Online but our
records show that on 19 March 2020 there were no employees on the payroll.
Furloughed employees must have been on…
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MSE Travel Rights guide updated, incl rules of top 15 holiday destinations
Our Coronavirus Travel Rights guide's had a rigorous update. One new aspect is the 'Top 15 holiday destinations' table, which lays out the entry rules for Brits who are thinking of visiting popular vacation picks such as Portugal, France, Spain and the USA. See full info in the table: 'Top 15 holiday destinations - what…
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Easy Jet -- seem to have shut down all methods of contact and on line flight change not working
hi. Easy Jet has said that flights can be changed this summer but the on line system isnt working and the phone numbers dont work ad the chat bot doesnt exist--anyone got any idea how to speak to them? am deeply regretting trusting them
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Covid tests for holidays in the UK
Hello everyone I've booked a holiday within the UK for July/ August: 2 hotels in the Isle of Wight, then one in London. I have just had an email from the London hotel (LSE Vacations) telling me that I need to have a negative Covid test before I can check in. Is this a government requirement for travel within the UK? (I…
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Travel 70 miles (sharing a van with one other household) and stay overnight for recreation purposes?
A friend of mine is thinking about booking a weekend away for six of us (from six different households) soon. We would plan to travel about 70 miles on the Saturday and then do some cycling on the Saturday and running on the Sunday. I am concerned about the overnight stay. There are a few options: 1) Stay in a hotel or…
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Conflicting advice for travelling to Portugal
I'm travelling with my family to Madeira in 3 weeks (which seems to have slightly different rules to mainland Portugal) due to last year's rebooked holiday. The Government's website says I need a PCR test to travel to Portugal as does any child over 2 years. But Madeira's website says, when travelling there, under 12 years…
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Reclaiming working from home tax
Help I am finding it difficult using working-from- home micro service
After completing initial form I am finding it impossible after entering my Gateway ID to get this verified against my Nat Ins number, or my post code or my dob
Also it is impossible to get to speak with any one at HMRC
Any advice will be most welcome.…
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American rescue plan
Hi, I am asking this question on behalf of my mum who has recently received a cheque from the Rescue plan as she used to live and work in the USA and receives a small pension. The problem is that her bank doesn't accept foreign cheques. Apparently the IRS don't do electronic transfers..? What can we do?
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Changing flight for package holiday
Hi, just after a bit of advice regarding a package holiday. We have booked a package with Tui flying from one airport a fair journey from us, before they added routes from our local airport. Now they have added a local route, I called to see if we can switch to our local flights (destination and hotel would stay the same).…
