I'm happy with 80% of my average profit over the last 3 years. I've declared my earnings properly over the last 3 years so I will get a decent payout. Those who do lots of cash jobs and don't declare them won't and that is fair.
It's a difficult situation, the government has been late in explaining what it plans to do for the self employed but they have at last offered a good package. Now we just need to stay alive to claim it
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Total average chance of staying alive over next few weeks if aged below 60 =
1 - (Chance of catching virus = 60% (0.6) x Mortality rate for adults below 60 = 4% (0.04) )
i.e. 1 - (0.6 x 0.04) = 0.976
Therefore I have a 97.6% chance of staying alive to claim my payout.
I have now scared myself with my silly statistics and am going to drink beer!