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Title: HMRC webinar
Post by: Jay Le Huray on October 06, 2020, 03:46:37 pm
I have booked my webinar for next week for the second claim but to be honest I have no idea what I have to do or how it works

any advice and help would be appreciated .............. thanks
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: Soupy on October 06, 2020, 03:51:57 pm
I have booked my webinar for next week for the second claim but to be honest I have no idea what I have to do or how it works

any advice and help would be appreciated .............. thanks

You don't have to watch it live.

https://www.youtube.com/user/HMRCgovuk/videos
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: G Griffin on October 06, 2020, 03:55:38 pm
I have booked my webinar for next week for the second claim but to be honest I have no idea what I have to do or how it works

any advice and help would be appreciated .............. thanks
It's very simple, Jay.
Follow the steps in the email and answer a few questions. You can do it yourself.
Just keep any details of how you've been adversely affected (dates, costs etc.) should they be required.
I thought it would be a lot more complicated to claim but I never thought we'd still be where we are.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: Shrek on October 06, 2020, 04:56:33 pm
I have booked my webinar for next week for the second claim but to be honest I have no idea what I have to do or how it works

any advice and help would be appreciated .............. thanks
It's very simple, Jay.
Follow the steps in the email and answer a few questions. You can do it yourself.
Just keep any details of how you've been adversely affected (dates, costs etc.) should they be required.
I thought it would be a lot more complicated to claim but I never thought we'd still be where we are.

Me too , can’t believe how busy us window cleaners are! It’s a shame for the businesses which are actually adversely effected though, like night club owners , DJs, swingers clubs, escorts etc
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: G Griffin on October 06, 2020, 05:11:08 pm
I have booked my webinar for next week for the second claim but to be honest I have no idea what I have to do or how it works

any advice and help would be appreciated .............. thanks
It's very simple, Jay.
Follow the steps in the email and answer a few questions. You can do it yourself.
Just keep any details of how you've been adversely affected (dates, costs etc.) should they be required.
I thought it would be a lot more complicated to claim but I never thought we'd still be where we are.

Me too , can’t believe how busy us window cleaners are! It’s a shame for the businesses which are actually adversely effected though, like night club owners , DJs, swingers clubs, escorts etc
Are you speaking for every window cleaner being busy and not adversely affected then? You know what Jay's situation is?
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: Shrek on October 06, 2020, 05:59:00 pm
I’d say I don’t know a single tradesperson who isn’t snowed under with work, and I know a lot .
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: G Griffin on October 06, 2020, 06:04:18 pm
I’d say I don’t know a single tradesperson who isn’t snowed under with work, and I know a lot .
You're speaking for the ones that you know then?
Fair enough.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: Shrek on October 06, 2020, 06:15:19 pm
I’d say I don’t know a single tradesperson who isn’t snowed under with work, and I know a lot .
You're speaking for the ones that you know then?
Fair enough.

Are you saying all the tradespeople are quiet in your town?
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: G Griffin on October 06, 2020, 06:32:09 pm
I’d say I don’t know a single tradesperson who isn’t snowed under with work, and I know a lot .
You're speaking for the ones that you know then?
Fair enough.

Are you saying all the tradespeople are quiet in your town?
No. I don't know all the tradespeople in my town.
I know that Jay isn't in my town and I don't know his circumstances. I know that he's after some help with claiming the government grant and I'll gladly help him, if he needs it.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: High-Tower on October 06, 2020, 06:38:49 pm
I’d say I don’t know a single tradesperson who isn’t snowed under with work, and I know a lot .
You're speaking for the ones that you know then?
Fair enough.

Are you saying all the tradespeople are quiet in your town?

The poop is beginning to hit the fan around here. I know of several builders who have had jobs cancel or postpone due to the customer being made redundant or having a pay cut
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: G Griffin on October 06, 2020, 06:44:51 pm
I’d say I don’t know a single tradesperson who isn’t snowed under with work, and I know a lot .
You're speaking for the ones that you know then?
Fair enough.

Are you saying all the tradespeople are quiet in your town?

The poop is beginning to hit the fan around here. I know of several builders who have had jobs cancel or postpone due to the customer being made redundant or having a pay cut
And I know of builders struggling to get hold of materials.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: Shrek on October 06, 2020, 07:16:37 pm
I’d say I don’t know a single tradesperson who isn’t snowed under with work, and I know a lot .
You're speaking for the ones that you know then?
Fair enough.

Are you saying all the tradespeople are quiet in your town?

The poop is beginning to hit the fan around here. I know of several builders who have had jobs cancel or postpone due to the customer being made redundant or having a pay cut
And I know of builders struggling to get hold of materials.

Yes it’s been difficult getting hold of materials due to the high demand. Builders are snowed under  with work . I know a joiner who told me he can’t wait for a day off and doesn’t know when that’s going to be due to so many jobs coming in. A builder I know has just took on 3 lads because he can’t keep up with the work.
People have spare money and they are spending it on their homes as they can’t go out and spend it.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: Stoots on October 06, 2020, 07:32:27 pm
The whole thing is a joke now, they should stop the grants. No one cares about covid anymore and us window cleaners havent been affected in the slightest, ive never been so busy.

Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: G Griffin on October 06, 2020, 07:58:32 pm
I’d say I don’t know a single tradesperson who isn’t snowed under with work, and I know a lot .
You're speaking for the ones that you know then?
Fair enough.

Are you saying all the tradespeople are quiet in your town?

The poop is beginning to hit the fan around here. I know of several builders who have had jobs cancel or postpone due to the customer being made redundant or having a pay cut
And I know of builders struggling to get hold of materials.

Yes it’s been difficult getting hold of materials due to the high demand. Builders are snowed under  with work . I know a joiner who told me he can’t wait for a day off and doesn’t know when that’s going to be due to so many jobs coming in. A builder I know has just took on 3 lads because he can’t keep up with the work.
People have spare money and they are spending it on their homes as they can’t go out and spend it.
If you can't get materials then the job stops and you can claim the grant.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: G Griffin on October 06, 2020, 08:00:06 pm
The whole thing is a joke now, they should stop the grants. No one cares about covid anymore and us window cleaners havent been affected in the slightest, ive never been so busy.
Are you speaking for all window cleaners?
There's a reason there's at least two more grants coming after this second one. Don't count your chickens.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: Shrek on October 06, 2020, 08:37:11 pm
The whole thing is a joke now, they should stop the grants. No one cares about covid anymore and us window cleaners havent been affected in the slightest, ive never been so busy.
Are you speaking for all window cleaners?
There's a reason there's at least two more grants coming after this second one. Don't count your chickens.

Yes your right , another 2 grants . DJs haven’t been able to work since before lockdown.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: P @ F on October 06, 2020, 08:38:47 pm
I can tell you now that as time goes on I am losing more and more as we get further into Covid , I took the first grant with no hesitations , I wasn’t going to take the second  , but have just claimed it now due to quite a few losses in the last few weeks  .
The only good thing is that I am spending all grant money on biz stuff or stuff that will allow me to expand the biz into other areas like my heaters .
There may well not be demand for the heaters in the near future who knows , but all this gear will allow me to go in other directions at least
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: G Griffin on October 06, 2020, 08:54:36 pm
The whole thing is a joke now, they should stop the grants. No one cares about covid anymore and us window cleaners havent been affected in the slightest, ive never been so busy.
Are you speaking for all window cleaners?
There's a reason there's at least two more grants coming after this second one. Don't count your chickens.

Yes your right , another 2 grants . DJs haven’t been able to work since before lockdown.
I know, it's terrible.
There was a good piece in The Independent, the other day, about how little the government is doing for nightlife. Not claiming what you are entitled to isn't going to change that, it seems.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: G Griffin on October 06, 2020, 08:57:04 pm
I can tell you now that as time goes on I am losing more and more as we get further into Covid , I took the first grant with no hesitations , I wasn’t going to take the second  , but have just claimed it now due to quite a few losses in the last few weeks.
The only good thing is that I am spending all grant money on biz stuff or stuff that will allow me to expand the biz into other areas like my heaters .
There may well not be demand for the heaters in the near future who knows , but all this gear will allow me to go in other directions at least
Quite a few losses in August, you mean  :-X.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: Stoots on October 06, 2020, 09:08:54 pm
The whole thing is a joke now, they should stop the grants. No one cares about covid anymore and us window cleaners havent been affected in the slightest, ive never been so busy.
Are you speaking for all window cleaners?
There's a reason there's at least two more grants coming after this second one. Don't count your chickens.

No, if you have a good chunk of commercial then you will probably feel it.

Domestic wise i cant see anyone being affected.

Ive lost about 3 with the covid excuse and picked up about 100.

Loads of work out there still
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: G Griffin on October 06, 2020, 10:09:07 pm
The whole thing is a joke now, they should stop the grants. No one cares about covid anymore and us window cleaners havent been affected in the slightest, ive never been so busy.
Are you speaking for all window cleaners?
There's a reason there's at least two more grants coming after this second one. Don't count your chickens.

No, if you have a good chunk of commercial then you will probably feel it.

Domestic wise i cant see anyone being affected.

Ive lost about 3 with the covid excuse and picked up about 100.

Loads of work out there still
What if you've been ill? Had staff off ill? Been looking after someone that is ill? Even just isolating?
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: Jonny 87 on October 07, 2020, 06:44:08 am
I can tell you now that as time goes on I am losing more and more as we get further into Covid , I took the first grant with no hesitations , I wasn’t going to take the second  , but have just claimed it now due to quite a few losses in the last few weeks.
The only good thing is that I am spending all grant money on biz stuff or stuff that will allow me to expand the biz into other areas like my heaters .
There may well not be demand for the heaters in the near future who knows , but all this gear will allow me to go in other directions at least
Quite a few losses in August, you mean  :-X.

Quite directly from Gov website.......

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

Anytime after that date if your adversely effected, then you qualify.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: G Griffin on October 07, 2020, 08:07:54 am
I can tell you now that as time goes on I am losing more and more as we get further into Covid , I took the first grant with no hesitations , I wasn’t going to take the second  , but have just claimed it now due to quite a few losses in the last few weeks.
The only good thing is that I am spending all grant money on biz stuff or stuff that will allow me to expand the biz into other areas like my heaters .
There may well not be demand for the heaters in the near future who knows , but all this gear will allow me to go in other directions at least
Quite a few losses in August, you mean  :-X.

Quite directly from Gov website.......

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

Anytime after that date if your adversely effected, then you qualify.
No, you're wrong; it's for half of July and August.
The cut off date for the second grant is the 19th of October.

Added- sorry, that has changed. It's not specifically for half of July and August. It is from the 14th of July and the closing date is the 19th of October. The qualifying date for the third grant is November 1st.
Make of that what you will.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: P @ F on October 07, 2020, 09:29:30 am
I don’t really care if there are dates of what and when  you could have been affected.
All I know is I have , I have a list of what I have lost  if it doesn’t satisfy the criteria then tough poop , it’ll be up to them to get the money back !

I have also just had to have 2 weeks at home due to my boys year group isolating  .
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: G Griffin on October 07, 2020, 11:48:02 am
I don’t really care if there are dates of what and when  you could have been affected.
All I know is I have , I have a list of what I have lost  if it doesn’t satisfy the criteria then tough poop , it’ll be up to them to get the money back !

I have also just had to have 2 weeks at home due to my boys year group isolating  .
Relax, Rich; it's only in case of an investigation.
You don't want to be claiming the second grant because you were affected in the first week of July. And if you have been affected since July 14th don't be waiting until the end of this month or later to claim.
It sounds like you'll be reet.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: Jay Le Huray on October 07, 2020, 03:11:33 pm
thanx for all the help and info guys
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: Shrek on October 10, 2020, 09:21:21 am
The whole thing is a joke now, they should stop the grants. No one cares about covid anymore and us window cleaners havent been affected in the slightest, ive never been so busy.
Are you speaking for all window cleaners?
There's a reason there's at least two more grants coming after this second one. Don't count your chickens.

1 of the grants are for businesses that have to close legally .
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: Klean07 on October 10, 2020, 09:28:52 am
We've claimed and got both grants after losing some commercial work, some with access through house only and some that were shielding.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: G Griffin on October 10, 2020, 12:48:24 pm
The whole thing is a joke now, they should stop the grants. No one cares about covid anymore and us window cleaners havent been affected in the slightest, ive never been so busy.
Are you speaking for all window cleaners?
There's a reason there's at least two more grants coming after this second one. Don't count your chickens.

1 of the grants are for businesses that have to close legally .
As I said, there's a reason that the grants are not being stopped and window cleaners could be affected in the slightest.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: AuRavelling79 on October 16, 2020, 11:32:18 pm
I can tell you now that as time goes on I am losing more and more as we get further into Covid , I took the first grant with no hesitations , I wasn’t going to take the second  , but have just claimed it now due to quite a few losses in the last few weeks  .
The only good thing is that I am spending all grant money on biz stuff or stuff that will allow me to expand the biz into other areas like my heaters .
There may well not be demand for the heaters in the near future who knows , but all this gear will allow me to go in other directions at least

Have you lost a particular kind of customer?
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: P @ F on October 17, 2020, 10:41:49 am
Not really Malc , it’s been all walks of life for all manner of reasons , both domestic and commercial.
Houses left right and centre due to future job  uncertainty.
A £24 a month pub outs only , the landlord threw in the towel shortly after lockdown.
A £60 a month shop outs only , cutting costs after lockdown .
And it’s still happening now so I do think I made the right choice by taking the second payout , plus Martin Lewis really hammered home that people should take it no matter how small their losses are on the show the other night
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: david mark on October 17, 2020, 11:00:39 am
Can a ltd company get the grant as we have lost 30 %
Of work mostly shops offices
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: G Griffin on October 18, 2020, 08:01:48 pm
Can a ltd company get the grant as we have lost 30 %
Of work mostly shops offices
No.
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: Jonny 87 on October 18, 2020, 09:44:11 pm
Deadline is tomorrow for the second grant.

 :o
Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: zesty on October 19, 2020, 08:39:48 am
Fact is, if you’ve been affected in any way, regardless of turnover, claim it.

It’s going to be a rough recession in the next few years.

Title: Re: HMRC webinar
Post by: Jay Le Huray on October 19, 2020, 01:43:04 pm
managed to get it done today, money on it's way to my bank account, happy days