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Check if you can claim a grant through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme

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If you’re self-employed or a member of a partnership and have been adversely affected by coronavirus (COVID-19) find out if you can use this scheme to claim a grant.Published 26 March 2020
Last updated 7 October 2020 — see all updatesFrom:HM Revenue & Customs

The scheme allowed you to claim a first taxable grant. Applications for the first grant closed on 13 July 2020.

The second taxable grant is worth 70% of your average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single instalment covering 3 months’ worth of profits, and capped at £6,570 in total.

Applications for the second grant are now open. Make your claim from the date we give you. If you’re eligible and your business has been adversely affected on or after 14 July 2020, you must make your claim for the second grant on or before 19 October 2020.

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We will work out your eligibility for the second grant in the same way as the first grant.

You can make a claim for the second grant if you’re eligible, even if you did not make a claim for the first grant.

This scheme is being extended. Find out more about the extension to the scheme. This guidance will be updated as soon as possible.

How the grant works

If you receive the grant you can:

continue to work
start a new trade or take on other employment including voluntary work and duties as a military reservist

The grant does not need to be repaid if you’re eligible, but will be subject to Income Tax and self-employed National Insurance.

HMRC will work out if you’re eligible and how much grant you may get. But you can follow these steps to help you understand how we will do this and what you can do now.

Find out who can claim.
Check that your business is adversely affected.
Find out how HMRC works out your grant.
Make your claim.
Find out what happens after you’ve claimed.

Who can claim

You can claim a grant if you’re a self-employed individual or a member of a partnership and your business has been adversely affected due to coronavirus.

To make a claim for the second grant your business must have been affected on or after 14 July 2020.

All of the following must also apply:

you traded in the tax year 2018 to 2019 and submitted your Self Assessment tax return on or before 23 April 2020 for that year
you traded in the tax year 2019 to 2020
you intend to continue to trade in the tax year 2020 to 2021

You cannot claim the grant if you trade through a limited company or a trust.

If you claim Maternity Allowance this will not affect your eligibility for the grant.

To work out your eligibility we will first look at your 2018 to 2019 Self Assessment tax return. Your trading profits must be no more than £50,000 and at least equal to your non-trading income.

If you’re not eligible based on the 2018 to 2019 Self Assessment tax return, we will then look at the tax years 2016 to 2017, 2017 to 2018, and 2018 to 2019.

Find out how we will work out your eligibility.

Grants under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme are not counted as ‘access to public funds’, and you can claim the grant on all categories of work visa.

How different circumstances affect the scheme

Check if your circumstances affect your eligibility for the following:

if your return is late, amended or under enquiry
if you’re a member of a partnership
if you had a new child
if you have loans covered by the loan charge
if you claim averaging relief
if you’re a military reservist
if you’re non-resident or chose the remittance basis
state aid

If you’re eligible

If you want to claim the second grant you must make your claim on or before 19 October 2020.

You’ll have to confirm to HMRC, when you make your claim, that your business has been adversely affected by coronavirus on or after 14 July 2020.

If you’re not eligible

We will work out your eligibility for the second grant in the same way as the first grant. If you’ve previously requested a review please do not contact us again as your eligibility will not change.

We use the information you or your tax agent or adviser sent us on your Self Assessment tax returns to work out your eligibility.

If you think the information is incorrect contact HMRC.

Find other help and support you can get.

How much you’ll get

You’ll get a taxable grant based on your average trading profit over the 3 tax years:

2016 to 2017
2017 to 2018
2018 to 2019

We will work out your average trading profit by adding together your total trading profits or losses for the 3 tax years, then we will divide by 3.

The second grant is worth 70% of your average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single instalment covering 3 months’ worth of profits, and capped at £6,570 in total. The online service will tell you how we’ve worked your grant out.

The first grant, for which applications closed on 13 July 2020, was based on 80% of your trading profits and capped at £7,500 in total.

The grant amount we work out for you will be paid directly into your bank account, in one instalment.

Find out how we will work out your average trading profits including if you have not traded for all 3 years.

How to claim

The online service for the second grant is now available.

Make your claim from the date we give you. If you have not received a date from HMRC and think you’re eligible, you can use the online service to check. If you’re eligible, we will give you a date you can make your claim from.

Make your claim on or before 19 October 2020.

You should contact HMRC if you receive any suspicious texts, calls or emails claiming to be from HMRC as this may be a scam.

Other help you can get

Get other financial support

You may be able to claim Universal Credit, but even if the claim is not approved it will affect your tax credits if you claim them, and may affect other benefits. So you should:

check how tax credits and other benefits affect each other
find out what to do if you’re already getting benefits

If you make a claim for Universal Credit the grant may affect the amount you get, but will not affect Universal Credit claims for earlier periods.

The government is also providing the following help for the self-employed:

If you have other employment as a director or employee paid through PAYE your employer may be able to get support using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

Get help online

You can watch videos and register for free webinars to learn more about the support available to help you deal with the economic impacts of coronavirus.

Use HMRC’s digital assistant to find more information about the coronavirus support schemes.

Find coronavirus financial support for your business.

Contacting HMRC

We are receiving very high numbers of calls. Contacting HMRC unnecessarily puts our essential public services at risk during these challenging times.

But you can contact HMRC if you cannot get the help you need online.

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