SEISS repayment/penalty

sourcrates

Jeremy535897 said:

sourcrates said:

Any and all email from HMRC will come from this no reply address -

no.reply@advice.hmrc.gov.uk.

Info here -

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/genuine-hmrc-contact-and-recognising-phishing-emails/genuine-hmrc-contact-and-recognising-phishing-emails#phone-email-and-letter-contacts-from-hmrc

I included this link in the first reply.

Indeed you did, and thank you for that, my appologies, small child plus small screen = !!!!!! up !!

Jeremy535897

It would say seiss rather than sseis, but you have probably mis-spelled it. Re an earlier post, I can't see anything where the guidance says "any and all email from HMRC will come from no.reply@advice.hmrc.gov.uk", but it is a long document.

If you believe you have wrongly claimed SEISS, you should go to the gov.uk website, and search "Stopped trading SEISS". Then follow the instructions. It does not then matter whether the email is a scam, although I doubt it is a scam, because it does not contain any of the normal indications (bad spelling and grammar etc). Nor does it actually have any means of extracting any money or data from you (no hyperlinks, no requests for money, PIN numbers, bank account details etc), and that is the point of scams.

Jeremy535897

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales have confirmed HMRC are issuing emails about SEISS where trading is believed to have stopped, with a deadline of 20 November 2020. The HMRC link is:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tell-hmrc-if-youve-stopped-trading-and-review-your-eligibility-for-the-self-employment-income-support-scheme

Castle

callowman1980 said:

Im worried because for the first time in over 10 years I went on the books with a company (starting Dec 2018) that i previously did all my work as a contractor. The company did me a favor as I was expecting the birth of my first child and being on the books with them gave me private health care. However I kept my SA account open as I still can do consultancy work on a freelance basis. However I found i was turning down freelance work due to being busy so i did not file a tax return for 19/20 tax year. I was then made redundant very early in the lockdown (April) and have gone back to being self employed full time. 

The filing date for 2019/20 is not until 31st January 2021.