Help and advice for employers, the self-employed and all small businesses for dealing with the COVID-19 crisis in the UK
Further to the government guidelines the office is now closed until further notice. Our team are working from home, however business continues as normal. You can contact the team on the normal number 0131 556 8595. Continuity will be maintained as much as possible during this time.
Correct as of 3rd April 2020 @ 11.30am
This pays a non-repayable grant to support SE people.
No official scheme has been announced for Directors of limited companies, and given the other packages of support available it does not appear anything will be released.
The Treasury have confirmed that limited company directors can furlough their PAYE income, so this is the salary (NOT dividends) you have been paying yourself.
You can receive 80% of salary up to £2,500 month. and you can combine it with Universal Credit.
https://www.gov.uk/apply-universal-credit
If you do this, you can’t then work for your own company, but you can continue to perform your statutory director’s obligations, so keeping your compliance, VAT, PAYE, Accounts etc up to date is important
There are holes in the immediate support system, in which case Universal Credit is the option.
Employers can choose to put any staff who were on their payroll on 28 Feb on ‘furlough’ (standby), and the Govt will cover 80% of their salary up to £2,500/mth – you can top it up to 100% but don’t need to.
For those with a fixed contract salary, the amount is easy to understand. It 80% of the normal salary figure
If income and hours vary, there was confusion over what counts. We now know:
Employees get the HIGHER of:
The amount is based on basic salary including overtime, not including bonuses and commission.