News and Updates
The VAT reverse charge
The Law S55A VATA 1994 (customers to account for tax on supplies of goods or services of a kind used in missing trader fraud) provides that where a taxable person makes a supply of goods or services to which that section applies, and the supply is not an excepted...
Job Retention Scheme update
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been extended and will remain open until 31 March 2021. Claims will now need to be submitted by the 14th of the following month. If this falls on the weekend, claims should be submitted the next working day. Claims are still...
Furlough has been extended
Following the new lockdown restrictions announced by Boris Johnson on Saturday, the new Job Support Scheme has not been launched for November as originally planned. Instead, the furlough scheme has been extended to December. The guidance states that the Government...
Job Support Scheme has changed
Rishi Sunak announced changes to the Job Support Scheme (JSS) yesterday one week before the scheme is set to start. The updated scheme is now more generous than previously planned with employees receiving up to 73% of their usual wage for working a minimum of 1/5 of...
More grants for the self-employed
HMRC has published guidance on two new coronavirus- related grants for the self-employed that it will be administering. The bad news is that the deadline for claiming the second Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant passed on 19 October. The good news is...
Test and Trace support payments
Lump sum payment If on or after 28 September 2020 you're asked to self-isolate, you're entitled to a lump sum payment of £500 if: you were notified by NHS Test and Trace you are employed or self-employed (this includes being a member of a partnership) you can't work...
Key announcements
The Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) In the recent announcement, the chancellor has extended the SEISS for six months with a third and fourth grant being made available. The third grant will cover November 2020 to January 2021 but has been lowered to 20%...
CJRS Job Retention Bonus
Here is a summary, broadly in line with what we knew was coming:- the Job Retention Bonus is available to employers in respect of each employee who (a) has been on furlough at some point; and (b) remains employed, and not under notice, on 31 January 2021. HMRC will...
Further help for the self employed announced
The Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) In the recent announcement, the chancellor has extended the SEISS for six months with a third and fourth grant being made available. The third grant will cover November 2020 to January 2021 but has been lowered to 20%...
New Jobs Support Scheme
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has set out the government's new job retention measures in a statement to the House of Commons. The furlough scheme will come to an end, as planned, on 31 October 2020. The government says it cannot keep jobs open only inside the furlough...