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Re: Help for (some of) the self-employed announcement at last - UK
« Reply #345 on: 07 July 2021, 02:32:05 pm »
Ok thanks Amy

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Re: Help for (some of) the self-employed announcement at last - UK
« Reply #346 on: 07 July 2021, 07:40:17 pm »
What if I had 0 income from escorting during the period April 20-April 21 ? Does that still count as trading?
Last tax return I submitted was 2019-20 and 2018-2019 prior to that.

Got all  4 grants no problem but getting a bit worried now as that may not be considered as trading although I have resumed it in May 2021 and  have been earning since.
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Re: Help for (some of) the self-employed announcement at last - UK
« Reply #347 on: 07 July 2021, 08:21:14 pm »
What if I had 0 income from escorting during the period April 20-April 21 ? Does that still count as trading?
Last tax return I submitted was 2019-20 and 2018-2019 prior to that.

Your tax return for 2020-21 isn't due until 31 January 2022, and while some people will have got theirs in already I would think most haven't - I rarely do mine before Octoberish. If your turnover was zero then provided you're still trading I would think that makes it easier still, but as ever the best people to ask are HMRC :).

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« Reply #348 on: 07 July 2021, 09:51:39 pm »
More info seems to have been added today, I Googled SEISS grant to get straight to the page (checking it was the. Gov website).

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Re: Help for (some of) the self-employed announcement at last - UK
« Reply #349 on: 08 July 2021, 12:10:56 am »
What if I had 0 income from escorting during the period April 20-April 21 ? Does that still count as trading?
Last tax return I submitted was 2019-20 and 2018-2019 prior to that.

Got all  4 grants no problem but getting a bit worried now as that may not be considered as trading although I have resumed it in May 2021 and  have been earning since.

Do you have any expenses? I submit a double tax return, but from 1/4/20 to 31/3/21 I didn't do any escorting. I did, however, pay out for my mobile every month and the yearly fee to keep my website up and running, so I actually logged a small loss.
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Re: Help for (some of) the self-employed announcement at last - UK
« Reply #350 on: 12 July 2021, 10:43:30 am »
Had an..

"Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
Claims for the Fifth SEISS grant have now opened for Application .

We've determined that you are eligible to receive a tax claim grant .

Please submit your application for the fifth SEISS grant now.
Please "Sign in to HMRC online services" reference below and follow step 1 of 3 to have your tax refund credit to your bank account, also note you need your Passport and Driving Licence details to submit this application .
Sign in to HMRC online services self assessment.
Note : For your security, we will record (IP Address, Time and Date) Deliberate Wrong input or flooding will be criminally pursued.
Best regards,
HMRC Self Assessment"

.. email yesterday. The typos in that should have made me go 'scam', and I should also have checked it was to the email address that HMRC have, but surprise that I was eligible for this one, having not been for the fourth meant it was only after I copied the link to a browser that I went "Why's it 'eternalstarculture' and not 'gov.uk'?"

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Re: Help for (some of) the self-employed announcement at last - UK
« Reply #351 on: 13 July 2021, 10:48:49 am »
What if I had 0 income from escorting during the period April 20-April 21 ? Does that still count as trading?
Last tax return I submitted was 2019-20 and 2018-2019 prior to that.

Got all  4 grants no problem but getting a bit worried now as that may not be considered as trading although I have resumed it in May 2021 and  have been earning since.

The SEISS grants are classed as taxable income so you will need to include them on the Self-Assessment forms. HMRC are going to include a separate box for SEISS to make it easier. Any questions just ask HMRC they Bbc are generally pretty helpful x
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Re: Help for (some of) the self-employed announcement at last - UK
« Reply #352 on: 21 July 2021, 02:31:06 pm »
I have a maybe dumb question:
If the next grant is based on last years income, which the grants up to now count as (count as income that is) and those were for 80%.
But the next one (am I right in thinking:) you only get if your income was depleted by 30% or more?
So the grants last year were only 20% less.

Am I just confusing myself unnecessarily??

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Re: Help for (some of) the self-employed announcement at last - UK
« Reply #353 on: 21 July 2021, 02:32:40 pm »
I have a maybe dumb question:
If the next grant is based on last years income, which the grants up to now count as (count as income that is) and those were for 80%.
But the next one (am I right in thinking:) you only get if your income was depleted by 30% or more?
So the grants last year were only 20% less.

Am I just confusing myself unnecessarily??

The grants for last year will not (as I have read it on the .gov website) be counted as 'turnover' (do check this in the .gov explanation).

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Re: Help for (some of) the self-employed announcement at last - UK
« Reply #354 on: 22 July 2021, 03:50:12 pm »
Emails with the dates to apply are now going out, got mine this morning.

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Re: Help for (some of) the self-employed announcement at last - UK
« Reply #355 on: 05 August 2021, 08:02:38 pm »
hello kind ladies,

Can anyone who did the last grant let me know what exactly was asked and what details did they had to provide regarding their income? I tend to do my taxes begining January every year (as usual I leave all for last minute) so haven't kept up with my admin paperwork and would like to know what is being asked before I log into my HMRC profile and mess up (My deepest apologies, I just came back from holidays and my head is all over the place).

Thanks for the help!
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« Reply #356 on: 05 August 2021, 09:27:20 pm »
I did mine this morning, for this one it asks for your turnover for 2020-2021 + turnover for 2019-2020.

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« Reply #357 on: 05 August 2021, 10:06:18 pm »
I did mine this morning, for this one it asks for your turnover for 2020-2021 + turnover for 2019-2020.

Thanks a lot Caledonia, that makes a lot of sense. I'll need to finish my admin of 4 months before logging in  ??? thanks again. ana
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« Reply #358 on: 05 August 2021, 10:20:57 pm »
Thanks a lot Caledonia, that makes a lot of sense. I'll need to finish my admin of 4 months before logging in  ??? thanks again. ana

You don't have to have submitted a return but you do have to have at least calculated your turnover.

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« Reply #359 on: 05 August 2021, 10:41:17 pm »
fair play to them ,. i applied yesterday and got an email tonight saying will be in my account in 3 working days . yes they missed 4 months for self employed but the grants have been a huge help x