Seiss claim near retirement !

Johnmassey

Rules for claiments mention that one will intend to continue being self employed . How long after 5th claim (Sept),  do I need to continue running my business to stay within the rules ? Anyone please ??

KeithP

Would this query be better placed on the Small Business board?

Jeremy535897

You had to intend to continue to trade when you made the claim. There is no specific time limit, although personally I would wait until after 5 April 2022.

Johnmassey

Jeremy535897 said:

You had to intend to continue to trade when you made the claim. There is no specific time limit, although personally I would wait until after 5 April 2022.

That was my intention but getting a tad creaky these days plus some other health issues . I shall plod on as long as I can . Thanks for the advice Jeremy.

Pennywise

It's "intention" rather than actuality.  Have you evidence that you "intended" to carry on trading at the time, i.e. advertising/marketing, ongoing negotiations/contact with potential clients or future projects, etc?  Did you renew any contracts/business subscriptions around the same time that would help your assertion that you intended to carry on trading (after all why would you renew if you "intended" to cease??).  Lots of different ways of looking at things rather than simply the reality of what actually happened afterwards as opposed to what you planned to happen, i.e. intent.

Johnmassey

I read it pretty much as you describe. Thanks