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Further Treasury Direction made in relation to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme 20 April 2021

The Treasury has published a further Direction in relation to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).

This allows the CJRS to be extended for the period commencing 1 May 2021 and ending on 30 September 2021. The schedule to the latest Direction provides for the tapering of the support in the claim periods of July, August and September 2021. Additionally, it extends the Real Time Information (RTI) cut-off date to 2 March 2021.

Claims for the period of May 2021 can be submitted from today (19 April 2021).

As a reminder, the upcoming deadlines for future claims is as follows:

Claim for furlough days in

Claim must be submitted by

April 2021

14 May 2021

May 2021

14 June 2021

June 2021

14 July 2021

July 2021

16 August 2021

August 2021

14 September 2021

September 2021

14 October 2021

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Mini umbrella firms – fraudulent practice adopted by some that is costing the UK millions 11 May 2021 BBC Radio 4’s File on 4 has revealed that it has identified over 48,000 Mini Umbrella companies that have been set up over the past five years, which have been opened and operated at a cost of hundreds of million pounds in lost taxes within the UK. Staff working at NHS Covid test centres run by G4S have been impacted by this practice, where they have been employed by subcontractors under this type of scheme. G4S notified HMRC as soon as the issue was identified and is currently reviewing procedures to ensure that all agency workers are employed directly and not through a subcontractor. The report looks at the case of “John” *, who was searching for a job. He noticed an advert for vacancies at his local Covid testing site, which was run by G4S and opened in response to the outbreak of coronavirus. He contacted HR GO, an employment agency, and was successful in securing the job. Upon receipt of his payslip, he identified that something was not quite right, as he was not being paid by G4S or HR GO, but by a company he had not heard of. Upon researching the name on Companies House, he discovered that the company had only been set up a month prior to him starting the job, and that the d irector was from the Philippines. “John” began to think that something untoward was going on.

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