danski
"vibey"
I think you can just log in to find out. That’s what I did.
Freelancers during this crisis and the Self Employment Income Support Scheme
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Leafster
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Yes, I received an email from them this morning. I have to admit I haven't read it yet!
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I just received an email from them telling me to apply from 17/8
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
with mine and the cheque.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
My post arrived at 01:18 Sunday morning ;-)
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
I've been told to fuck off until the 19th.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
I haven't fired up my work computer to check my business e-mail address yet, I just gave it a try on my laptop.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I need my login, but it's in the back room where my wife is having an online meeting. . . can't wait, so excited!!!
I know, it's like giro day back in the 80s.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Bah, not until the 20th. Oh well.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Done mine. And was reminded that there's going to be a bit of a tax bill at the end of it...better not forget that!
And should we be updating our votes on the poll to reflect any additional grant?
And should we be updating our votes on the poll to reflect any additional grant?
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I never got an email or anything about the last one or this one (like they promised ). I would have no idea it existed if a work friend hadn't told me. Millions was unclaimed apparently despite the fact that they could have automatically paid everyone eligible.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I think we have become so used to the crappy, gameplaying zeitgeist of recent governments that this no longer seems exceptionable or unusual. Which is pretty shit, really. I can't remember exactly, but I'm pretty sure that I didn't get told by HMRC about it - like you, I heard it elsewhere and went looking. Sleazy.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
They couldn't know whether the "your business has been affected by COVID-19" eligibility criteria had been met, hence the application process.
Gonna defer applying till early september or it will play havoc with my UC
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I suppose so, but you are also eligible even if you are working so it would just come down to a case of 'I don't need it'. My biggest problem with it though is that not everyone has been informed that it exists. It only takes an email.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I got nothing despite being eligible for the full amount, and I assume many more also were not informed.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
True, but it's like any large governement scheme; it never quite gets it right.
I was actively waiting for the announcement until it came then I stopped watching the daily briefings.
I am working but have massively lost jobs due to the entertainement industry still being fucked for the foreseeable.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Still torn about what to do with it. My business has been affected as I'm doing my first days freelance work this year tomorrow, but I've now taken full time work, even if it's not what I'd rather be doing. At the moment I'm leaning towards taking it and sticking it in a separate account in case they come knocking.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
You have to declare that 'your business has been adversely affected on or after 14 July 2020', and IIRC you started the f/t work before that, which they will know from the PAYE records, so I think you would be dodgy grounds making a claim, and could end-up with a penalty, which could be up to 100% of the grant amount, in addition to having to re-pay the grant.
Have a dig around here:
[Withdrawn] Claim a grant through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
Find out how to claim the grant if you're self-employed or a member of a partnership and have been impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19).
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Well I have mine now. . . . but what is the exactly deal with the 14th of July thing. I mean I have had zero work come in but even though I probably would have had something I can't prove that. There was one job that had booked on a continuous roll but they refuse to put in writing that the covid stopped them employing me because . . . well I don't think it did, they just gave my job to someone else because it was more convenient for them.
Do you think just not having any work during this period is enough to show that I am affected, or will I actually have to show that I specifically lost a contract?
Do you think just not having any work during this period is enough to show that I am affected, or will I actually have to show that I specifically lost a contract?
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
My guess on this is that they simply won't have the resources to investigate every claim, so there will be fairly superficial screening on the basis of the data they do have to flag up any obviously dubious cases for further investigation
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I hope so, I do think I could argue my case from the usual amount of work I normally have. I simply can't prove 100% that covid 19 was the reason that nobody has been ringing me up. . . . on top of that I can't take work that I can't do at home. I'm not officially on the government danger list but in reality I am, it's just they didn't include medical cases like mine (neutropenia -low to no immune system).
Well, just fingers crossed that zero invoices for the rest of this year (probably) will be enough. (I did get the full amount both times, so worried that would make me a target).
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