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\"ImageOriginally published 29 May 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been announced that the SEISS will be paid again in August.<\/a> This time, it will be 70% instead of 80% of the average income over the last three years. For me, that should be around \u00a33,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I have said before \u2013 and if you are eligible \u2013 it is far better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that the article says applications will \u2018open in August\u2019. Logically, this means we\u2019re going to have to put up with almost three months of people asking when they can claim, and why it hasn\u2019t been paid yet, just like last time \u2013 even though HMRC had made it crystal clear numerous times. Oh, and those who won\u2019t have heard about it, and still won\u2019t have even at the end of July, who will then start blaming HMRC. Come on, people. We have something called \u2018the internet\u2019 these days \u2013 they don\u2019t use messenger pigeons anymore!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Update:<\/strong> I checked last weekend on my Government Gateway (where I do my self-assessment each year) and it told me I could claim the second SEISS from Wednesday 19 August. The scheme actually opened on Monday 17 August, and they appear to have used the same staggering as before, so some people will<\/strong> have been able to claim on the Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claiming was even more straightforward than last time. It doesn\u2019t ask for any proof that you have been adversely affected. It just warns you you\u2019ll get chopped off at the knees if you\u2019re telling porkies. I\u2019m not worried, because I still haven\u2019t started back, and that is going to be fairly easy to prove if I have to. I claimed just after midnight, but also got an email from HMRC telling me I could claim \u2013 it came in later that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The amount is exactly what I said in the original article above. It uses the exact same figure to base its calculation on, so that\u2019s hardly a surprise. A further email the following day (Thursday) told me my claim had been accepted and the money will be in my account within three days. That\u2019s three working<\/strong> days, so I expect it will go into my account on Monday, like last time (edit:<\/strong> it did \u2013 just after midnight Monday morning).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come on, vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n