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Furlough Scheme Portal Now Open
Furlough Scheme Portal Now Open You may or may not have seen the email below from HMRC yesterday with a link to their website to claim furlough. It includes further guidance that clarifies some grey areas. The platform has been set it up such...
Details on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
How to claim and how much? The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is a temporary scheme open to all UK employers for at least three months starting from 1 March 2020. The online service you’ll use to claim is not available yet. It is expected to...
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Update
HR ISSUES, WHAT DOES THE £2500 SUPPORT COVER AND HOW TO CLAIM Background Last week, the government announced its plans for financial assistance to help employers retain employees who would otherwise be laid off or made redundant during the Coronavirus crisis. It is called...
Coronavirus Self-employment Income Support Scheme
THIS SUMMARY IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT SHORT NOTICE AS THE GOVERNMENT RELEASES ITS OWN UPDATES – THIS SUMMARY WAS LAST UPDATED FRIDAY 27th MARCH 2020 @ 10.08am On Thursday 26 March the government announced their intention to provide support for the self-employed and...
Support for individuals
The government, as well as providing support for businesses, has also made provisions for helping individuals. Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme HMRC will set up a new online portal so that all UK employers, regardless of size, will be eligible for assistance where an employee...
COVID-19 Update
The government has announced a raft of measures aimed at both businesses and individuals in order to support them during the Coronavirus crisis. Here is an at a glance summary of the main proposals. Support for businesses: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme HMRC will...
COVID-19
On a daily basis the updates on Coronavirus are coming fast. It is clear that the initial measures announced by the government are insufficient and they are now discussing how to ensure mass redundancies do not happen. Many businesses say they are teetering on the...
Budget Report 2020
S4B’s summary of the 2020 Budget focuses on the tax measures which may affect you, your family and your business. To help you decipher what was said we have included our own comments. Click here to read the full report
Changes to Off-Payroll Working (IR35) from 6 April 2020
The off-payroll (IR35) rules apply to workers providing their services through an intermediary, usually the workers own personal service company. The rules ensure that a worker, who would normally be classed as an employee if they were providing their services directly to a client, pays...
Financial Changes in 2020
Many planned financial changes had their dates chopped and changed in 2019 due to the uncertainty over Brexit, the general election and the election of a new Prime Minister. Even the Autumn Budget got cancelled and it has now been rescheduled to 11th March 2020....