Claim for furlough days in
Claim must be submitted by
December 2020
14 January 2021
January 2021
15 February 2021
February 2021
15 March 2021
March 2021
14 April 2021
The deadlines have been implemented to ensure that the impact of coronavirus on both businesses and individuals can be more accurately assessed, and on a more regular basis. As of 31 August 2020, nearly £40 billion in grants had been paid out in grants through the CJRS and there is a need to continually observe the scheme to ensure that it is still effective, due to the cost to taxpayers. HMRC has confirmed that the deadline does not affect an employer’s option of claiming in advance of paying their staff, and that they can claim before, during or after the processing of payroll, as long as the claim is submitted by the correct claim deadline. In scenarios where a payroll run would not be complete by the 14 th of the month following a claim, claimants are still expected to make a correct claim within the deadline. If a payroll period covers more than one calendar month, then the days that fall within each calendar month must be claimed by each relevant deadline. Where an employer notices that their claim needs to be corrected at a later date, they are able to do so. If an underclaim has been submitted, then employers have until 28 days following the month of the claim to contact HMRC to get this adjustment made. Where businesses have claimed too much, this should be rectified at the point at which the issue is identified. This can be done by offsetting the overclaim amount from a subsequent claim, or if no further claims are to be made, by obtaining a payment reference number and paying HMRC back. HMRC may accept a claim or amendment made after the appropriate deadline, where the employer had a reasonable excuse for failing to submit the claim or make the amendment in time. The employer must claim without delay when the excuse no longer applied but will not be able to agree with HMRC in advance to submit a late claim.
Businesses are reminded that the deadline for submitting claims up to and including 31 October 2020 is 30 November 2020.
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Latest statistics for Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme published 26 November 2020
HMRC has published the latest set of figures in relation to claims made under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).
Total claims under the CJRS as of midnight on 15 November 2020 equated to £43 billion, which is an increase from the £41.4 billion recorded at the same time on 18 October 2020. 9.6 million jobs have been furloughed, which remains unchanged from data collected on 2 August 2020, and this is across 1.2 million employers, a figure which has stayed the same since 12 July 2020.
The CJRS evaluation strategy will be published by December 2020, and the findings of the CJRS evaluation report will be made public before the end of 2021.
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