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Working from home tax relief - self assessment tax return question
Hello, So my situation during the pandemic has meant, like many, that I've been working from home 99% of the time - I live with my parents so the increased electric, heating cost etc hits them, but wanted to claim it back for them. My boss [from my full-time employment] mentioned there was working from home a tax relief in…
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Seiss grant 4 incorrect
Hi I am wondering if anyone can help or shhed any light on how to take this further or if they know of anyone in a similar situation? My husband was not eliable for the first 3 grants because for the first 3 years of trading he earnt more than 50% of total earnings from another income. He went solely self employed in 2019…
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Covid tests for children when returning to England after a holiday
I have a query regarding getting children tested for Covid when returning to England after a holiday. The following page on Gov.uk shows the rules for taking tests before arriving back in England. It states "Children aged under 11 do not need to take a…
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Grants and re start grant
my local council are withholding All grant payments from me in a hospitality industry from November 5th 2020 to current date as they say I am not eligible as I have a striking off order on 6/4/21, surely this is retrospective and after all qualifying dates Please help , without this support I will lose my business, today…
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Vaccine Passports
Hi, Wondering if anyone can provide some clear guidance as all media outlets (as per usual) are misleading and over complicated, and I can't find a straight answer anywhere I've looked. If you do not have the vaccine, travelling abroad, how would that work for countries which are part of the vaccine passport? I'm presuming…
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Sun superday codes for alton towers
Hi everyone, I forgot to collect the sun codes for superday at alton towers. Does any kind soul have them and wouldn't mind sharing them with me please? And thank you 😊
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Self employment support
If I go self employed, and then we go into another lockdown within 3 months would I be entitled to the same support as someone who has been self employed for 3 years.
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Alpha rooms still no refund
A group of 6 friends were due to travel to Benidorm June 2020, obviously cancelled but I still haven’t received my refund from Alpharooms. I have received a small amount from a chargeback from my credit card but because we booked so far in advance the rest of the money isn’t covered. Alpha rooms kept promising I would have…
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I messed up BIG TIME, but can I do anything?
1. Booked Czech Air tickets with Opodo by Debit Card in October of 2019 for about £300. 2. Flights cancelled by Czech Air in June of 2020. Contacted Czech Air for refund. Czech Air told me to sort it out with Opodo, as my dealing were with them. 3. I gave consent to Opodo to seek my refund, and they said they would pursue…
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Working from home tax relief
Am I correct in thinking because I do Self Assessment I can only claim WFH when I do my SA? That's what gov.uk seems to be saying to me! I started WFH on the 23rd March 2020 and was back in the office in September 2020 until December. I've been now WFH since 5th January and not sure when I'm going back. So, can I claim for…
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PCR tests for travel - Are the charges fair?
With countries like Spain now insisting on a private negative covid test prior to travel, it strikes me that the costs being charged for this are high. Are companies exploiting this situation charging £120 to £150 per test? It seems a lot and I'm sure it will be one of those things that will only reach a fair price over a…
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Inexplicable SEISS 4th grant rejection - anyone else?
Blimey, it has been years since I've posted on here but always was great! I haven't had my email from HMRC yet but I saw some people sharing the link going live the other day so typed my details in for the date. I was then shocked and dismayed to see that I was ineligible for grant 4. When I clicked on it it just said it…
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Still no refund for Summer 2020 flights
Hi, I'm having a bit of nightmare still trying to sort out unsuccessful holiday plans from 2020, as I'm sure many people are! On February 2nd 2020 (i.e. before the COVID-19 pandemic), I purchased flights from London to New York for my girlfriend and I with Virgin Atlantic (outbound 12th August 2020). A few months later it…
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Worried I won't get any work again and Impaxt on geant
Hello. I had self emloyed work booked throughout 2020 which obviously got cancelled due to Corona so I have claimed the grants. It now seems that the client I was booked by has taken exception to something I said to a colleague and has decided never to employ me again. They have told the colleague this, not me! They were…
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Furlough and notice and money owed?
Hi, I was lucky enough to receive the offer of a new job, on informing my current employer that I would like to put my notice in I was advised their were willing to be flexible as we were not returning to work until 13th May at the earliest. With this is mind I submitted my notice and was offered a new start date for my…
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4th seiss grant
Hi i have claimed the previous 3 grants after suffering with significantly reduced customers over the the last year. After submitting these claims the system advised I would receive payment within 6 working days. I have today claimed grant 4. This time it advised me it would take 10 working days. My question is has anyone…
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SEISS Grant 4 question
Looking for some guidance on whether I should apply for grant 4. Background: I've been a sole trader since 2012, but I had one year out in 2016/17 to work a PAYE job. I filed a tax return for that year at £0 as I believed HMRC required this. Fast forward to the first three SEISS grants - HMRC took the PAYE year into…
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Seiss
Hi just been told not entitled to 4th session grant. I turned self employed on 1st October 2019 so didn't qualify for 1st three grants. Then when 4th was to become available I could claim as I thought I met all criteria. It turns out I don't as to he hrmc I had two jobs and I paid more tax in my employment as compared to…
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Wedding decorators demanded we paid full sum in order to secure a new date now in liquidation
Hi guys, So myself and my partner we due to get married July 2019 - in January 2019 we booked our wedding decorators. We had to pay a 50% deposit (which equated to £2,225) which we did. Fast forward to May 2019 and due to obvious reasons, the wedding wasn't going ahead so I asked our decorators if we could move the date to…
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England/Scotland support bubble?
Am in a quandary here, we're in England, my sis is in Scotland and lives alone. Her mental health is not good and I really want to help she's been alone for so long. I'm reading about support bubbles and the way I read it we could be her support bubble and I could go get her and bring her here for a while. I can't see if…
