This month’s top technical stories on ICAEW Insights include news on the fourth self-employed grant, new EU sustainability disclosure rules and how auditors can report on irregularities, including fraud.
Need to knowSEISS 4 claims open up: HMRC has contacted those potentially eligible for the fourth Self-employment Income Support Scheme grant. ICAEW’s Tax Faculty has updated its guidance and a webinar is available to all members.
Working from home tax relief continues, but new claims required: Employees working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic can continue to claim tax relief on costs not reimbursed by their employer, but a new claim will need to be made for the 2021/22 tax year, HMRC has confirmed.
HMRC applications portal for fourth self-employment grant now open to all eligible claimants
HMRC is also running a series of free webinars to help people understand the SEISS 4 claims process.
14:15, 5 MAY 2021
Applications for SEISS 4 will be open until 11.59pm on June 1, 2021 (Image: Getty Images)
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“It was the culmination of years of work,” says Kareem Samara, as he reflects on how things were supposed to turn out.
The composer and musician finally felt like he’d arrived. The year 2020 was going to start with a production at the National Theatre, followed by a move to Stratford and then back to London for a stint at Shakespeare’s Globe. There were gigs, tours and recording sessions lined up, too.
A week into rehearsals for ‘Welcome to Iran’, a National Theatre co-production, Samara and his fellow cast and crew gathered together to watch prime minister Boris Johnson announce that the country was going into lockdown. The theatres were closing. Samara packed his bags and went home. He hasn’t been in a theatre or played a live show since.
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Freelancers making freelance work
An upcoming scheme will see 50 performing arts freelancers collaborate with organisations to improve work practices.
With 60 per cent of London s freelancers having lost all of their income during the pandemic, the project aims to build sustainable models for the freelance community to prevent more calamities like the one seen over the last year.
Fifty freelancers will be assembled from early May to work with a variety of organisations including the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, the Barbican, Battersea Arts Centre, Regent s Park Open Air Theatre, the Old Vic and the Young Vic to bolster provisions for the self-employed.