Self employed joiner

itsonlyme1

I have spoken to him and he is going to try through his government Gateway account and see what happens . Hopefully better news  Thanks 

itsonlyme1

Same answer when he has gone through the gateway account . I think he needs to contact HMRC and actually speak to someone .Thanks again 

Jeremy535897

Other posters are raising the same point. It looks as if there is a computer bug in the form.

itsonlyme1

Hopefully that’s what it is .  I will keep you posted   Thanks for your time 

itsonlyme1

He was employed PAYE up until 8th Jan 2016 .Then self employed from 11th Jan  He submitted a tax return for 16/17 .Fully self employed since then submitting his tax returns on time for 17/18 and 18/19 .  Would the tax year 16/17 make a difference to his claim if his earnings were more than his self employment earnings .

Dazed_and_C0nfused

itsonlyme1 said:

He was employed PAYE up until 8th Jan 2016 .Then self employed from 11th Jan  He submitted a tax return for 16/17 .Fully self employed since then submitting his tax returns on time for 17/18 and 18/19 .  Would the tax year 16/17 make a difference to his claim if his earnings were more than his self employment earnings .

I think you are a little confused.

If he was only on PAYE until 8th Jan 2016 why would this have any impact on the 2016:17 tax year (6 April 2016 to 5 April 2017)?

Jeremy535897

I assume the date is 8 January 2017? The answer is no. So long as his self employed trading income in 2018/19 was at least equal to his other taxable income in 2018/19, he passes the 50% test.
The fact that he started self employment part way through 2016/17 does not affect the way the grant is calculated. The average monthly earnings will still be calculated by dividing the self employment income from 11 January 2017 to 5 April 2019 by 36.

itsonlyme1

I was getting confused there .Just realised it wouldn’t affect 16/17 . I think that I am trying to understand why he wouldn’t be entitled .  

Jeremy535897

Try again and see what it says. There are several people reporting this problem. If you get nowhere, try contacting HMRC.

leannemummyof3

My partner is a self employed builder and meets the criteria but was told he is ineligible too and tried a few times. He has since tried again and it now says he is eligible so it could be their system.