How do I check my eligibility for the self-employed grant?

There are a number of conditions that you need to meet to be eligible to claim:

• traded in the tax year 2019/20;  
• are trading when you apply, or would be except for coronavirus;  
• intend to continue to trade in the tax year 2020/21; and  
• have lost trading profits due to coronavirus.
• must have filed a tax return for 2018/19 as self-employed or a member of a trading partnership by 23rd April 2020
• must have trading profits of no more than £50,000 and more than half of your total income come from self-employment for either the tax year 2018/19 or the average of the tax years 2016/17, 2017/18, and 2018/19.

We have explained how to use the eligibility checker and how to claim the Government self-employed income support here.

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Date published 7 May 2020 | Last updated 7 May 2020

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