Self employed income support scheme

[davesparks]

I don't think anyone has posted this yet, there is now an online gov.uk site to check your eligibility for the self employment support scheme.
You need your UTR and NI number then it will tell you if you are eligible, if you are then you go through a form to prove your identity using driving licence or passport info and then add your contact details so that they can let you know when you can make a claim.

I don't know if they are giving people different dates/times when they can make their claims to avoid overwhelming the system, but I've done it now to get in at the beginning of the queue if they are doing it first come/first served style.

Link here:

Enter your Self Assessment Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) - Self-Employment Income Support Scheme - GOV.UK

www.tax.service.gov.uk

 

[Risteard]

It's telling me from 8am on the 15th May to file a claim. I presume the position is still that it won't be paid until June.

 

[buzzlightyear]

I was looking on line about it ,I have sent the government a invoice for 10 bit coins regarding the work I have lost .if I dont get that then I will send a invoice to the Chinese and dont want it paying in panda monies neither .
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It's telling me from 8am on the 15th May to file a claim. I presume the position is still that it won't be paid until June.

they are leaving it to the last minute just in case it goes beyond july .

 

[Andy78]

I've done it earlier this morning, but it didn't give me a time or date, just said something like "thank you for your enquiry" with no options to navigate forward.

Plenty of time yet to be disappointed anyway.

 

[happysteve]

"Claim from midday 14 May" for me. I said I was with davesparks, so they let me jump ahead of Risteard

 

[Risteard]

You need your UTR and NI number then it will tell you if you are eligible, if you are then you go through a form to prove your identity using driving licence or passport info and then add your contact details so that they can let you know when you can make a claim.

Incidentally it just took an e-mail address and mobile number from me. I wasn't asked for either driving licence or passport details.

 

[davesparks]

Incidentally it just took an e-mail address and mobile number from me. I wasn't asked for either driving licence or passport details.

Had you confirmed your identity with the government gateway service before?

It may be that I had problems getting through the confirm identity thing a few weeks ago and so it did it now.
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It's telling me from 8am on the 15th May to file a claim. I presume the position is still that it won't be paid until June.

I was given the same date and time and it said payments will be made 6 days after application.
I can't remember exactly where it said that though.

 

[Risteard]

Had you confirmed your identity with the government gateway service before?

It may be that I had problems getting through the confirm identity thing a few weeks ago and so it did it now.

Not that I recall. But I can't state definitively that I never did. I'm relatively certain that I've never provided those documents/document numbers before though.

 

[davesparks]

"Claim from midday 14 May" for me. I said I was with davesparks, so they let me jump ahead of Risteard

You're ahead of me too!

I got the same time/date as Risteard, maybe the date allocation is a bit more random,
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Not that I recall. But I can't state definitively that I never did. I'm relatively certain that I've never provided those documents/document numbers before though.

Do you use the government gateway system regularly or for tax schemes etc?
I leave mine to the accountant so haven't ever logged in to it since I first set it up so that's probably why.

 

[Risteard]

You're ahead of me too!

I got the same time/date as Risteard, maybe the date allocation is a bit more random,
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Do you use the government gateway system regularly or for tax schemes etc?
I leave mine to the accountant so haven't ever logged in to it since I first set it up so that's probably why.

I use it for self-assessment. So perhaps that could be the explanation. I don't have an agent setup on it.