Five furlough changes you need to know about

By Gary Robinson / January 21, 2021

The government has now published its official guidance for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which has been extended until 30 April 2021. The long-awaited government guidance confirms many of the details surrounding the extended furlough scheme for employers. Overall, it outlines that despite the increase in flexibility that the extended scheme provides when compared to…

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Claiming the Furlough From November 2020

By Gary Robinson / November 16, 2020

HMRC PUBLISHED DETAILS OF THE EXTENDED CJRS ON THE 10 NOVEMBER What you need to do for the claims – for periods from 1 November (HMRC email 10 November) Read the new guidance – go to GOV.UK and search ‘Extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme’ – to check if the clients’ employees are eligible.…

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Cronavirus & the Winter Economy

By Gary Robinson / October 10, 2020

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a new package to keep the economy moving during winter, in spite of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Measures include a new job support scheme, continuing reduced VAT rates, and additional time to pay deferred taxes. At a glance The Winter Economy Plan came as the government cancelled the Autumn 2020…

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Tax Scams in the Pandemic

By Gary Robinson / October 8, 2020

A Freedom of Information request from the firm has revealed taxpayers reported 9,948 Covid-related scams to HMRC between January and June. Activity peaked in May, with 5,048 incidents explicitly mentioning Covid, then proceeded to fall by over 55% to 2,495 in June. The total number of all phishing scams reported to HMRC was 44,777 in…

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Kickstart Scheme

By Gary Robinson / September 7, 2020

You can use the Kickstart Scheme to create new 6-month job placements for young people who are currently on Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment. The job placements should support the participants to develop the skills and experience they need to find work after completing the scheme. Funding is available for 100% of…

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Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Compliance Letters

By Gary Robinson / August 30, 2020

The first wave of compliance letters regarding the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) were issued last week as HMRC moves into the post transaction review phase of the scheme. The first batch of letters started to land on doormats from Wednesday 18 August. HMRC will be asking questions where they have concerns over the validity…

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Furloughed Workers and Redundancy Payments

By Gary Robinson / August 13, 2020

Employees with more than two years’ continuous service who are made redundant are usually entitled to a statutory redundancy payment that is based on length of service, age and pay, up to a statutory maximum. The government said throughout the pandemic, it has urged businesses to do right by their employees and pay those being…

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Flexable Furlough

By Gary Robinson / July 16, 2020

1. Who can go on flexible furlough? From 1 July 2020 only employees that employers successfully claimed a previous government grant for will be eligible for more grants under the Job Retention Scheme. This means they must have previously been furloughed for at least three consecutive weeks taking place any time between 1 March and…

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Important changes to the Government Furlough Scheme

By Gary Robinson / June 11, 2020

As the government begins to ease lockdown measures that will see more people return to work, employers should be aware of upcoming changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), also known as ‘furlough’. Here is a summary of these changes, based on our current understanding. Important dates & changes for June/July: 10 June: This…

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Furlough Scheme who is eligable

By Gary Robinson / April 30, 2020

HMRC will set up a new online coronavirus job retention scheme/furlough portal, due to launch on 20 April 2020, so that ALL UK employers this month, regardless of size, will be eligible for assistance where an employee has been designated as a ‘furloughed worker.’ HMRC will reimburse 80% of furloughed workers wage costs, up to…

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