The latest, and hopefully last, lockdown is not due to be completely lifted until at least 21 June, so it was no surprise to see Covid-19 relief measures extended in the Budget on 3 March.…
Get Ready for 2021-2022
Taking some time to start planning for the 2021/22 tax year might be worth the effort. While there is often a focus on planning for the end of the tax year, much less attention is…
Update on Covid-19 support for businesses
More support is available to help businesses in this latest lockdown, expected to last until at least 8 March. Keep up to date with, and claim, any support that your business is entitled to so…
Lockdown 3.0 – What To Expect
As the third Covid-19 lockdown took effect on 5 January 2021, the Chancellor announced a further £4.6 billion in grants to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors. This new round of support follows extensions to…
Tougher criteria for third SEISS grant
Applications for the third Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant opened from 30 November, and you have until 29 January 2021 to make a claim. Be warned, however, that some of the conditions for this…
Brain Teaser For The Self Employed – Thinking of Retiring?
My regular readers will know that I like to ponder out loud, my meandering musings in my blogs, so they won't be surprised I've come up with another quick quiz: Are you self-employed? If so,…
Self-Employed Granted Furlough Extension
Two further grants under the SEISS were announced in September and have now been updated. Following the announcement last week, of a second lockdown, the government’s new package of support measures announced in the Chancellor’s…
Defining ‘adversely affected’ for the self-employed
Many self-employed workers will have already claimed their second, and final, Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grant, but otherwise have until 19 October to do so. A key condition is that the business must have been…