The SEISS has provided significant support to many self-employed individuals since it was first launched in March 2020. At 31 December 2020 more than 6.8 million grants had been claimed totalling some £18.9 billion of support.
Read ArticleThe Government’s original support package in March 2020 included specific help in connection with VAT. Registered businesses could defer payment of their VAT liabilities arising in the period 20 March 2020 to 30 June 2020 until 31 March 2021. This day of reckoning is only a few weeks away…
Read ArticleThe self-employed including members of partnerships who have been adversely affected by Covid-19 can now apply for a further (and final) grant.
Read ArticleWe are all familiar with the government’s coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS) which was announced on 20th March 2020 with the aim of protecting UK jobs during the global coronavirus pandemic
Read ArticleThe following is an extract from a recent guidance note sent to accountants and tax agents giving some “flesh” to the bones of last week’s financial statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Read ArticleDetails of the new CJRS arrangement have just been published. The scheme is being extended to 31 March which provides significant relief to employers and employees alike. But what’s in the fine print? Are there any catches?
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