elacsaplau
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I'm self-employed - sole trader, no employees. Most of my work is in the museum/gallery areas, none of which have reopened yet. (I think they reopen in the next phase.) I presume I can continue to claim the payment. Or am I meant to stop it and be looking for work in other sectors?
Thanks.
D.
I am also self employed; indirectly affiliated to the construction/estate agent industry. I have so many questions but cannot get clear answers:
1. Can you still receive covid payment and continue to rent a room in your property?
2. I provide assistance to a sector that has not returned to work. There has been no date given for when this sector will return to work but like the previous poster I wonder should I close my business and begin looking for work elsewhere?
3. Is the covid payment taxable for the self employed?
4. When my sector gets the green light to begin work do I automatically de-register for this payment even if I am unlikely to generate income for a period of time?
I have never claimed state benefits so like everyone else this is a whole new world for me.
I don't think that's the case at all. This is a non-statutory scheme (no definition in law) so the rules are whatever the DEASP advertises them to be. And they say that if "your work has reduced to the point where you could accept other full-time work if it was available" you are eligible.As fate would have it, I have just now received an email from a potential customer based in Switzerland about a job which would take half a day. They want it done next week. It's a racing certainty I will never work for them again. Meanwhile, there is nothing else on the horizon work-wise with regular clients, because they're all closed.
So, I presume that if I accept this half-a-day, I am out of the Covid payment, which I couldn't live without. I haven't had work since February.
Guess I'll just tell them to look elsewhere.
D.
I would agree. But it is a matter of interpretation. If someone wanted to keep themselves 100% right on this and avoid any possible overpayment situation in the future, they should seek clarification from the Department (although I wouldn't count on any positive confirmation either way from them)I don't think that's the case at all. This is a non-statutory scheme (no definition in law) so the rules are whatever the DEASP advertises them to be. And they say that if "your work has reduced to the point where you could accept other full-time work if it was available" you are eligible.
In fairness, it would be hard to claim that accepting a half days work, on a once off basis, would disqualify you. You could easily do the one-off job in your spare time.
If the assessment shows a profit of less than 200/week, then your COVID payment will likely be reduced to the 203 euro rate.
They haven't published details yet. The information available on the assessment process is very scant.By "profit" is it gross profit - the "Amount of income or profits arising for this period" under Schedule D income?
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