Extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – guidance updates 13th November 2020

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HMRC applied updates to the following CJRS guidance.

1. Check if your employer can use the CJRS

  • Changed to make clear that for claim periods starting on or after 1 December 2020 you cannot claim for any days on or after 1 December 2020 during which the furloughed employee was serving a contractual or statutory notice period.
  • Minor corrections to section on maternity allowance.
Check if you could be covered
by the coronavirus job retention scheme

2. Check if you can claim for your employees’ wages through the CJRS

  • Detail added relating to claimant information that HMRC will make public.
Claim for wage costs through
the coronavirus job retention scheme

3. Check which employees you can put on furlough to use the CJRS

  • Changed to make clear that for claim periods starting on or after 1 December 2020 you cannot claim for any days on or after 1 December 2020 during which the furloughed employee was serving a contractual or statutory notice period.
  • Minor corrections to section on maternity allowance.
Check which employees you can put on furlough to use
the coronavirus job retention scheme

4. Steps to take before calculating your claim using the CJRS

  • Information relating to claim period deadlines and timings clarified.
Steps to take before calculating your claim
using the coronavirus job retention scheme

5. Claim for wages through CJRS

  • Information relating to claim period deadlines and timings clarified.
Claim for wages through
the coronavirus job retention scheme

HM Treasury have published the associated direction at

HMT CJRS Directions

PAYadvice.UK 15/11/2020

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