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GucciGang

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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #480 on: 24 March 2020, 11:12:51 am »
Ladies I have just had my telephone interview with universal credit. I was given £1200 crisis loan (in my bank immediately) to get me to the first payment date.
I now have a second phone interview by the self employed team on Monday. They are paying self employed up to £2900 a month depending on the last years tax return.
So in short if your paying your taxes you will be looked after.
If you were on a low self employed tax return that will also be looked at and they will make up your payments there to what ever the basic rates of universal credit are.

I am a single mum of one child who has been self employed all my life. They told me if the holiday clubs re open before the schools in September they will pay 80 percent of that as well.

So ladies don’t delay go to the government web sight and get what your owed then you will not need to work until it’s safe to do so.

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« Reply #481 on: 24 March 2020, 11:26:45 am »
Ladies I have just had my telephone interview with universal credit. I was given £1200 crisis loan (in my bank immediately) to get me to the first payment date.
I now have a second phone interview by the self employed team on Monday. They are paying self employed up to £2900 a month depending on the last years tax return.
So in short if your paying your taxes you will be looked after.
If you were on a low self employed tax return that will also be looked at and they will make up your payments there to what ever the basic rates of universal credit are.

I am a single mum of one child who has been self employed all my life. They told me if the holiday clubs re open before the schools in September they will pay 80 percent of that as well.

So ladies don’t delay go to the government web sight and get what your owed then you will not need to work until it’s safe to do so.

Did you explain that you’re a sex workers ? Or did you say you’re whatever you’ve put on your tax details.
Loan meaning you’ll have to pay it back?

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« Reply #482 on: 24 March 2020, 11:31:36 am »
Emergency loan means they just take a small amount out of whatever benefit you will get per month to be paid back in 12 months.

So sex workers should get some self employed money depending on earnings declared. So anyone not been declaring will be in the shit but most of us will get some help.

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« Reply #483 on: 24 March 2020, 11:38:04 am »
Ive rang re UC this morning and it's cutting me off. But I've filled in the online information which was easy and I'm now having to verify with a site they sent me to. I'm in a queue of over 30816 but they will email me once I'm nearing the top.

Edited to add correct number.
« Last Edit: 24 March 2020, 01:20:06 pm by EnglishAmy40 »

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« Reply #484 on: 24 March 2020, 12:16:26 pm »
I just read an interesting medical article relating to viral load, it is pertinent to those who are still working regarding being exposed to shedding from various people.

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« Reply #485 on: 24 March 2020, 12:23:37 pm »
We don't allow links, and if people want general medical information there are plenty of useful sites where they can find it themselves. Once again (and for the first time in a few pages), please keep posts related to sex work.

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« Reply #486 on: 24 March 2020, 12:25:43 pm »
So sex workers should get some self employed money depending on earnings declared. So anyone not been declaring will be in the shit but most of us will get some help.

Most/some will, yes. Those of us who don't fit the bill for reasons already mentioned can get to fuck, at least until they come up with some proper measures for self employed people.

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« Reply #487 on: 24 March 2020, 12:28:23 pm »
I would like to know too if anyone talking to universal credit are saying that they are sex workers or something else? I have my telephone interview tomorrow and am very nervous

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« Reply #488 on: 24 March 2020, 12:30:55 pm »
I would like to know too if anyone talking to universal credit are saying that they are sex workers or something else? I have my telephone interview tomorrow and am very nervous

Why would you not say you're a sex worker - surely there can't be many jobs where it's more obvious why you can't work? That said, provided they get the information they need I doubt they're even interested :)

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« Reply #489 on: 24 March 2020, 12:37:01 pm »
I would like to know too if anyone talking to universal credit are saying that they are sex workers or something else? I have my telephone interview tomorrow and am very nervous

I spoke to my accountant and he will do it on my behalf. If you do have accountant it may be worth it to give him call and he will help you to go through it. Something what may be hard for us is very easy for accountant and he won’t charge you much.

He advised me to apply for UC and lets see how legislation change. We may be eligible to get more then 90 odd a week but it’s in early stages.

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« Reply #490 on: 24 March 2020, 01:23:33 pm »
If you are worried about saying you're a sex worker, just say you work in porn. That's what I've been saying, and they didn't probe further. I've been approved UC too. I have my second interview today x

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« Reply #491 on: 24 March 2020, 01:25:28 pm »
Everybody's circumstances are different and nobody should be judging others in this awful pandemic.  We do what we can and what we have to do.

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« Reply #492 on: 24 March 2020, 01:40:32 pm »
You say whatever you have registered on your tax return whether that be sex worker/ escort/ massage therapist etc

Now you cannot even do it by phone all has to be online and some of the waiting time could be 8 hrs to verify the i.d so what happens then if the internet cuts out or the device freezes you lose your place?. What a huge mess.
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« Reply #493 on: 24 March 2020, 01:59:35 pm »
You say whatever you have registered on your tax return whether that be sex worker/ escort/ massage therapist etc

Now you cannot even do it by phone all has to be online and some of the waiting time could be 8 hrs to verify the i.d so what happens then if the internet cuts out or the device freezes you lose your place?. What a huge mess.

I agree. The system is under immense pressure though. Hopefully it'll improve over the coming weeks, once people are sorted.

GucciGang

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« Reply #494 on: 24 March 2020, 02:01:42 pm »
I would like to know too if anyone talking to universal credit are saying that they are sex workers or something else? I have my telephone interview tomorrow and am very nervous

Universal credit are not concerned with your job title. This is about what you earn and what your rent is and children you have in your household. It’s worked out on those figures alone.