I think there must be a backlog, I'm legible too and when I typed my info I got a warning stating I need to file my claim on may 15th! maybe that's because I left it to the last minute today (thinking there would be less of a backlog) and went into the site to do my claim at 7;00 pm. Silly cow. Ladies I would reccomend not leaving this for too late otherwise they'll put you at the end of the queu like me.

 

i dont think its the fact you only did it today.... i applied 2 weeks ago and was given the dates 15th may to!

Nothing (further) has been announced for the self employed yet. I know, cos I am waiting for that too!

Thanks cat.

 If anyone gets any updates on this issue please let us know.

Without checking back, it was a good couple of weeks between the furlough scheme being announced and this one. I know part of that was because this one would be far more complicated to work out, but even with most of that out of the way I don't think it's unreasonable for them to need more than 24 hours - we don't have employers to split the costs with (which is the plan for some employees from July, I think) so somebody will need to get the trusty Texas Instruments calculator out again .

Ref SEISS Martin Lewis has stated Wed i.e. yesterday, in his weekly email to all who are on his subscription list, that the SEISS is live from Wed 13th to Mon 18th May.  We should have been given our date and time to apply from by now via emails.  If we have not been given this then apparently from Sun 17th May there is something further that can be done.

I have had my date so I am fine i.e. mine is tomorrow 12 midday ie Fri 15th May.  A client was wondering where his had got to and he is not very clever with paperwork even though a competent electrician.  This is how I noticed this.

If people subcribe to Martin Lewis weekly emails it is on this week's one.  Hope this helps.

If people are really out of depth (and it would seem the electrician client is lol) then best to approach/inform the accountant you use to see to it on your behalf.  For example this client is due c £7k as I worked it out for him as he is my main regular at the minute for 2 hours monthly.

Ref SEISS Martin Lewis has stated Wed i.e. yesterday, in his weekly email to all who are on his subscription list, that the SEISS is live from Wed 13th to Mon 18th May.  We should have been given our date and time to apply from by now via emails.  If we have not been given this then apparently from Sun 17th May there is something further that can be done.

I have had my date so I am fine i.e. mine is tomorrow 12 midday ie Fri 15th May.  A client was wondering where his had got to and he is not very clever with paperwork even though a competent electrician.  This is how I noticed this.

If people subcribe to Martin Lewis weekly emails it is on this week's one.  Hope this helps.

If people are really out of depth (and it would seem the electrician client is lol) then best to approach/inform the accountant you use to see to it on your behalf.  For example this client is due c £7k as I worked it out for him as he is my main regular at the minute for 2 hours monthly.

I didn't receive any email or letters about my claim date, or even that I could claim.

I went to the elibigility checker which gave me my date and time.

The actual form was really simple, just personal details you don't even have to have your returns or figures, the HMRC system does the calculation.

I suspect I didn't receive any emails or letters because I opt out of anything which might be lots of contact/spam type excessive contact. All I receive are the reminders to submit returns, and the twice yearly payments due.

Would advise your friend to visit the checker, they'll need national insurance number, UTR (On any letters from HMRC), possibly passport or driving license for ID. That is all, the checker then displays a date and time on the page, which may have already started for the individual so can progress to application immediately.

Hope that helps.

Has anyone applied on their date but a bit earlier? Mine is from tomorrow 15th at midday, but would be more convenient for me if I could do it sometime in the morning.

Has anyone applied on their date but a bit earlier? Mine is from tomorrow 15th at midday, but would be more convenient for me if I could do it sometime in the morning.

When you enter your unique taxpayer reference number and NI number, it knows when you're allowed to claim from and won't let you do so if you're asking early.

Once the time comes, the longest bit for me was looking up my bank details and printing out the 'you've done it' pages afterwards.

thanks all for the info so far

Just a question about the Bounce Back loan if anybody could advise?

Would an 'escort' as profession get knocked back for the loan ? HMRC i am down as a massage therapist

but would this mean the loan application was fraudulent if I stated massage therapist?

I don't think so, no. Just apply for a loan as a massage therapist. So long as your tax returns are in order, it should be fine.