{"id":3997,"date":"2021-03-11T16:30:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3997"},"modified":"2021-03-11T16:30:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:30:24","slug":"newly-self-employed-asked-to-complete-pre-verification-checks-before-applying-for-fourth-seiss-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/newly-self-employed-asked-to-complete-pre-verification-checks-before-applying-for-fourth-seiss-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly self-employed asked to complete pre-verification checks before applying for fourth SEISS grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newly self-employed taxpayers may be required to undergo pre-verification checks before they can access the fourth self-employment income support (SEISS) grant, it has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) wrote to over 100,000 businesses this week informing them about the changes.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes after the Chancellor Rishi Sunak extended the SEISS to include those who became self-employed in 2019\/20 and who completed a tax return for the same year.<\/p>\n<p>Under the scheme, self-employed workers affected by Covid-19 could get up to 80 per cent of their average trading profits in a three-month period as a one-off lump sum.<\/p>\n<p>However, the regulator has warned that newly self-employed traders will need to confirm their identity and business activity before they can apply for a grant.<\/p>\n<p>According to HMRC, affected workers will receive a telephone call over the next two weeks during business hours (8:00 to 17:30) and will be asked to provide an email address and agree to receive a link to a secure Dropbox &#8211; an online platform where electronic documents can be deposited securely online.<\/p>\n<p>To complete the pre-verification check, you will need to provide one form of identity, such as your driver\u2019s licence or passport, and three months\u2019 worth of bank statements to demonstrate your business activity.<\/p>\n<p>HMRC warned that failure to provide such information could exclude you from the scheme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For help and advice with related matters, please get in touch with our expert team today.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly self-employed taxpayers may be required to undergo pre-verification checks before they can access the fourth self-employment income support (SEISS) grant, it has been revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3998,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3997\/revisions\/3998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}