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Tax advisers should not to make claims for their clients under the self-employed income support scheme (SEISS). If they do it will trigger a fraud alert and result in delays to payment says HMRC.
If an adviser has already claimed on a client’s behalf the payment may be delayed and the client will have to contact HMRC to resolve this.
HMRC suggests advisers can help clients by:
- talking them through why they may or may not be eligible;
- encouraging them to use the online checker (or using it on their behalf to check eligibility) reminding them that they will need their unique taxpayer reference number and their National Insurance number to do so;
- encouraging clients who do not have their government gateway credentials to set them up online;
- reminding them that the date between 13 and 18 May which they have been given is assigned randomly to help...
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