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HM Revenue & Customs updates Self-Employment Income Support Scheme guidance
17 July 2020
Ahead of the second round of funding for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) opening for applications on 17 August, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has updated its guidance documents relating to the scheme. The first round of applications for SEISS grants closed on Monday 13 July 2020 and had allowed self-employed...
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Coronavirus apprenticeships guidance updated
17 July 2020
Updated guidance from the Department for Education on apprenticeships during the Coronavirus crisis has been published and contains a number of announcements relating to employment arrangements for apprentices. These updates include confirmation that: Apprentices aged 19 and older can begin to resume on-site training;Apprentices...
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Download our updated Coronavirus Support grids
17 July 2020
Following the Chancellor’s Summer Economic Update on Wednesday 8 July, we have comprehensively updated our Coronavirus Support Grid and our Coronavirus Support Timeframes. Together, the grids offer a helpful overview to the support available at any given time, with substantial changes to the availability of different...
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Guidance on hospitality and tourism VAT cut published
12 July 2020
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has published guidance on temporary cuts to the rate of VAT from 20 per cent to five per cent from Wednesday 15 July 2020 to 12 January 2021 for certain goods and services in the hospitality and tourism sectors.
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Details of ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme confirmed
12 July 2020
The Government has now confirmed details of the ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme, announced by the Chancellor at his Summer Economic Update on Wednesday 8 July.
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Summer Economic Update
08 July 2020
When the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, delivered his Spring Budget on 11 March to the packed benches of the House of Commons, the hope was that the economic impact of the Coronavirus outbreak would be ‘V-shaped’, with an immediate bounce back to prosperity.
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Don’t forget to make an SEISS claim by 13 July!
07 July 2020
Individuals eligible for the first Self-Employment Income Support (SEISS) grant must submit their claim by 13 July 2020.
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HMRC offers clarity on usual hours calculation for flexible furlough
03 July 2020
After some confusion regarding how flexible furlough should be calculated, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has offered new guidance to help employers work out usual working hours. In its initial guidance, HMRC said that to work out how much support a business is entitled to through its furlough grant claim calculator, employers must...
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Coronavirus grants to businesses, employers and individuals are taxable
30 June 2020
We are reminding businesses, employers, employees and self-employed individuals that grants from the various Government schemes to provide support during the Coronavirus outbreak are taxable in the same way as other income. Payments made under schemes including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), the Self-Employment...
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Guidance published on repaying Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme overpayments
30 June 2020
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has published new guidance detailing how employers can repay Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) grants if they have over-claimed and therefore received an overpayment. If an employer has received an overpayment and is making further claims, it can offset the overpayment against the amount...
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