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Furlough payments
I have been furloughed since January 2021 my boss is telling me I won't recieve every furlough payment as there is a cost to his business! I have only had 5 payments of furlough since January. And hes telling me I won't receive March's furlough till April. Is he ripping me off?
Bank requesting charge back refund back!
Strange thing happened... We had flights which were cancelled last April. After 4 months of trying to get through to the OTA (customer services abroad and woefully understaffed - unable to get through to anybody who could help) I initiated a charge back request through my bank in August. I though that this was my last…
SEISS grant 3
Hi Can anyone help with advice on employment and the SEISS grant. Having claimed the 3rd grant, if I were to close my buisiness and find employment, would I be liable to pay the it back? Thanks 🙂
Furlough
Ive been furloughed since January 2021 my boss is telling he won't pay me every week as there is a cost to the business. ! Also he's saying I won't get march furlough payments untill April. I no that once a furlough claim is submitted it takes 6 days to come through Is he ripping me off? I literally can't claim any…
Tax Relief - Working from Home
Anyone any idea how long it is taking to process claims for tax relief for working from home? It seems excessive.
UK Travel Insurance with Covid Cover
Good Morning, Im hoping to book a couple of UK based holidays for my immediate family (myself,husband and two young children) for the end of the summer holiday and autumn half term. I was wondering if anyone has any Travel Insurance recommendations that would cover us in the event of national or regional lockdown…
Kids clubs
Hi there So due to lockdown my children haven’t been able to attend their trampoline lessons. They’ve said all the lessons missed we can take them, when lessons are back up and running. During this entire time, we’ve been paying for the lessons. In order to cancel lessons, you have to pay a £45.00 fee per child (we have 3…
Forced holiday pay
The company I work for are forcing me to take 7 days holiday before I return to work in may. Are they allowed to do this?
Working From Home - Self assessment problem
hi, Am obviously new and joined to see if anyone can help as I have tried calling but HMRC they are to busy and end the call I have made a self assessment claim ( raised on 5 March 2021) via the website just for working from home from 23/03/2020 which didnt seem to be a problem. I have received a new Tax code letter…
Boss Not So Subtly Forcing Me Back To Work
I have been on furlough during this lockdown due to childcare issues. I had asked to be furloughed part time as I only needed 3 days a week to sort the kids out and I could then work Saturdays too so would be there 3 days out of a 5.5 day week average. Work refused as it is a sales role and they felt that having a part…
EasyJet won’t change voucher to refund
Newbie here..our flights were cancelled by EasyJet last year. We kindly opted for a voucher because we understood W’s could get a refund instead if we wanted. Now we have tried to get a refund but they have refused. They say we have to book or loose our money. I’ve read Martin’s guide and it says we can have a refund (…
Query around furlough agreement
Hi A company sends a letter 25th March asking for permission to furlough or flexi furlough you. It stipulates 1st April to 31st May 2020 and you sign it. Then 31st March you get a letter stating you’re fully furloughed until 31st May 2020. You get called back full time since 8th May 2020 and do your full contractual 40…
holiday payments because of coronavirus isolating rules
please forgive if this has come up before ..... i work for a supermarket as a delivery driver so have not had to have time off for any of the lockdowns which i am very grateful for by the way, but what is annoying me is during lockdown 1 and 2 is people from other professions came and worked as drivers because they were…
Self Employment Grant - back payment?
I have claimed 3 self-employed grants, but due to the pitiful amount I received after only having 1 tax return to be considered, I found a job and started mid-march and will receive my first payment at the end of April. Can I claim the fourth grant which is supposedly a back payment to cover Feb-April as I won't have…
Eurotunnel frequent traveller
I purchased a Eurotunnel frequent traveller in June 2020. Of the 10 single trips i paid for upfront at a cost of £480 i have only managed to use 2. This is solely down to covid and my inability to travel for obvious reasons. With no prospect of travelling anytime soon i have contacted eurotunnel and asked for an extension…
Hotel in the USA - refund issues
I like many have had our flights for our forth coming holiday to Boston, Salem and Plymouth cancelled - I had only book one hotel, this was in Salem as there was a specific room that DH wanted to stay in - the rate I booked was one that could be cancelled up to 24 hours before arrival. We were due to arrive on the 6th…
COVID 19 - Insurance if FOC adds counties on no fly list
Hello I wonder if someone can help, I can see many holiday companies are adding COVID cover to there holidays but... If i book a holiday through say loveholidays and the FOC removes that country from the list meaning our insurance is invalid but like last year companies like RyanAir continue to fly will we lose that flight…
SEISS 5th Grant Turnover vs. Profit
Hi, I was wonfering if anyone could shine some light on this for me? The criteria for eligibility of the first four grants have been based on a reduction in profits. The 5th grant however will shift towards being based on a reduction of turnover instead. I'm a Carpenter who wasn't eligible for the first 3 grants and who in…
CouncilTax
Selling a property for a deceased relative in 1st lockdown been told will have to pay full monthly payments for the 3 months of lockdown. Despite estate agents been closed and stay at home order in place and house could be shown to buyers. Anyone else had this problem and advice please
Tui re-booking process
We have been trying for weeks to amend our Tui summer holiday from this year to next, but each time we get through to the booking page we get an error message. Numerous attempts to contact Tui have been ignored and additionally the cost of the holiday is now £1600 higher than at the weekend. The fact that we could book…

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