Self employed joiner

itsonlyme1

Thanks ,I will get him to try again although he has many times .  I think he is going to try phoning Hmrc today .Heres hoping it’s good news .

ProDave

I think the theme here is CIS payments.

Rightly or wrongly, it seems people who have the majority of their "self employed" income via CIS are being rejected.

When anyone on here gets to speak to someone at mhrc to find out what is going on can they let us know please.  i.e. is it really true that CIS employees don't count?  or is it a bug in the system? 

whizzywoo

ProDave said:

I think the theme here is CIS payments.

Rightly or wrongly, it seems people who have the majority of their "self employed" income via CIS are being rejected.

When anyone on here gets to speak to someone at mhrc to find out what is going on can they let us know please.  i.e. is it really true that CIS employees don't count?  or is it a bug in the system? 

It is NOT true that CIS sub contractors don't count for the Gov SEISS scheme.  They ARE self employed and NOT employees.  There appears to be a bug in the online checker for the scheme.  It is probably having difficulty with the amount of people checking.  Trying checking early morning or late evening when it may not be as busy.
https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/self-employment-support/enter-unique-taxpayer-reference

Jeremy535897

Check you are doing it right. Youtube from HMRC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X4oMjIY0Bs&feature=youtu.be

itsonlyme1

This is what he is using .He has been trying to get through to HMRC .  I will let you know the outcome 

mirrorcarp_2

I was under the impression that you have to be contacted by HMRC before you could check. Have i got that right. i have not been contacted this week but know of a few people that have.
Can i use the checker or do i have to wait ?

whizzywoo

mirrorcarp_2 said:

I was under the impression that you have to be contacted by HMRC before you could check. Have i got that right. i have not been contacted this week but know of a few people that have.
Can i use the checker or do i have to wait ?

You can use the checker straight away, you don't need to wait.  

mirrorcarp_2

Thanks for that. went straight  on. Quite easy to do.
All good for me,said i could claim from 8am 13th May .
Big relief. hope those with issues can get it sorted.

mirrorcarp_2

ProDave said:

I think the theme here is CIS payments.

Rightly or wrongly, it seems people who have the majority of their "self employed" income via CIS are being rejected.

When anyone on here gets to speak to someone at mhrc to find out what is going on can they let us know please.  i.e. is it really true that CIS employees don't count?  or is it a bug in the system?

Incidentally all my earnings for last 3 years are CIS and i am eligible. 

ProDave

mirrorcarp_2 said:

ProDave said:

I think the theme here is CIS payments.

Rightly or wrongly, it seems people who have the majority of their "self employed" income via CIS are being rejected.

When anyone on here gets to speak to someone at mhrc to find out what is going on can they let us know please.  i.e. is it really true that CIS employees don't count?  or is it a bug in the system?

Incidentally all my earnings for last 3 years are CIS and i am eligible. 

Thank you for confirming that.  So hopefully the others in that situation who have been told no, will get it sorted.