Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
We are in the process of identifying all those individuals who qualify for this scheme. Once we have identified those individuals and the amount which can claimed we will communicate with you and help process the applications to HMRC.
Should you not be eligible for this you may be able to claim “Universal Credit”. Visit https://benefits-calculator.turn2us.org.uk/AboutYou to see if you can claim.
Below are the details of the scheme and how you qualify:
This scheme will allow you to claim a taxable grant worth 80% of your trading profits up to a maximum of £2,500 per month for the next 3 months. This may be extended if needed.
You can apply if you’re a self-employed individual or a member of a partnership and you:
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have submitted your Income Tax Self Assessment tax return for the tax year 2018-19
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traded in the tax year 2019-20
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are trading when you apply, or would be except for COVID-19
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intend to continue to trade in the tax year 2020-21
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have lost trading/partnership trading profits due to COVID-19
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Your self-employed trading profits must also be less than £50,000 and more than half of your income come from self-employment. This is determined by at least one of the following conditions being true:
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having trading profits/partnership trading profits in 2018-19 of less than £50,000 and these profits constitute more than half of your total taxable income
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having average trading profits in 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 of less than £50,000 and these profits constitute more than half of your average taxable income in the same period
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If you started trading between 2016-19, HMRC will only use those years for which you filed a Self-Assessment tax return.
If you have not submitted your Income Tax Self-Assessment tax return for the tax year 2018-19, you must do this by 23 April 2020.
HMRC will use data on 2018-19 returns already submitted to identify those eligible and will risk assess any late returns filed before the 23 April 2020 deadline in the usual way.
How much you’ll get
We are processing this information for all eligible clients
You’ll get a taxable grant which will be 80% of the average profits from the tax years (where applicable): 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19
To work out the average HMRC will add together the total trading profit for the 3 tax years (where applicable) then divide by 3 (where applicable), and use this to calculate a monthly amount. It will be up to a maximum of £2,500 per month for 3 months.