self employed who have not been affected by covid 19 grant

6655selfemployed

can some one who works for a firm as self employed , and has not missed one day of work , and not been affected work wise at all and not lost any money , claim the 80% grant 

poppy12345

If someone hasn't been adversly affected and claims the SEISS grant then i'm sure HMRC will eventually find out and they will have to repay the money back.

Jeremy535897

6655selfemployed said:

can some one who works for a firm as self employed , and has not missed one day of work , and not been affected work wise at all and not lost any money , claim the 80% grant 

No. Your business has to have been adversely affected by coronavirus. Draft legislation has been prepared for consultation that will enable HMRC to recover any incorrectly paid grant, plus penalties if the grant application was deliberately wrong.

Hermann

6655selfemployed said:

can some one who works for a firm as self employed , and has not missed one day of work , and not been affected work wise at all and not lost any money , claim the 80% grant 

I suspect they will be able to claim it but that doesn't mean they were entitled to it.

To claim you have to confirm that you have been adversely affected by Coronovirus so it will come down to how that question is answered and whether that answer stands up to scrutiny should it be looked at retrospectively by HMRC.

mobilejo

If they have not been adversely affected then they shouldn't be making the claim. But its a self certification process, so its open to abuse. 

However that is assuming that what has been written is the full story and that there are no other relevant factors. Just as an example, that person could have lined up another contract that paid better, and then had the offer pulled away due to CV... Its hard to condemn without the full picture.