This week HMRC will start contacting people to invite them to apply for the SEISS. The scheme is due to pay out in early June once applications have been processed. The payment will be made in one single instalment covering the three month period from 1 March to 31 May 2020 and is capped at...

The following three new schemes are now available: • Pivotal Enterprise Resilience Fund • Creative, Tourism & Hospitality Enterprises Hardship Fund • Newly Self-Employed Hardship Fund Follow this link for full Scottish Government Guidance The Pivotal Enterprises and Creative, Tourism & Hospitality Funds can be applied for through the Scottish Government website. APPLY HERE These...

Eligibility Criteria for the Newly Self Employed Hardship Fund: • You became self-employed on or after 6 April 2019 • Over 50% of your individual income is from self-employment • Your trading profits were below £50,000 in the 19/20 tax year • You have lost business due to COVID and are suffering financial hardship as...

Eligibility Criteria for the Creative, Tourism & Hospitality Enterprises Hardship Fund: • You have up to 49 employees • You have experienced at least a 50% loss of current or projected revenue • Your business was not in financial difficulties before 31 December 2019 (follow this link for the definition) • You are not in...

Eligibility Criteria for the Pivotal Enterprise Resilience Fund – You have fewer that 249 employees as part of a business that has been trading successfully before COVID – You have less than £43.689m turnover and less than £37.572m balance sheet value – You can demonstrate that the funding will support the business viability – Your...

As part of Rishi Sunak’s promise to make loan funds accessible to struggling businesses, the Bounce Back Loan Scheme was introduced by the government on Monday 27 April. The scheme launches on 4 May 2020. This scheme offers loan funds of £2,000 to £50,000 over periods up to 6 years. These loans will cover 25...

HMRC updated their online guidance relating to this scheme yesterday (Friday 17 April) just in time for the first applications to be made this coming week. Claim for wage costs through the Job Retention Scheme Check if you could be covered by Job Retention Scheme The full guidance can be found at these two separate...

Key Points 1. The Government has announced an extension to the Job Retention Scheme (JRS) that is likely to bring an additional 200,000 employees into the scheme. 2. JRS application process – the importance of having an active Government Gateway account for your business. 3. HMRC have launched a ‘whistleblower’ service for breaches of Job...

Last week we produced Updated Guidance on the Job Retention Scheme and highlighted that the current timing is for the site to be live on Monday 20th April (next Monday). If your business is making a claim you will need to have access to your PAYE records via your Government Gateway login to make the...

The guidance published on the Job Retention Scheme (JRS) was updated on 4th April and clarifies certain issues. It leaves room for speculation on a number of matters also however, most notably in relation to the interplay between holiday and furlough (see Outstanding Questions). We hope to have further guidance issued shortly as the portal...