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In brief: 8 July 2020

06 July 2020
Issue: 4751 / Categories: News

Self assessment

Responding to a written question in the House of Commons as to whether the government would extend the deadline of 31 October for self-assessment paper returns for older people in residential care who were unable to obtain their usual help because of Covid-19 social distancing measures Jesse Norman said HMRC had no plans to extend the deadline but would ‘take a sympathetic view where the impact of Covid-19’ on a taxpayer’s circumstances caused them to miss the filing date.

Support for self-employed

The extension of the self-employment income support scheme (SEISS) to allow a second grant application in August has been given formal legal effect by a direction published by the Treasury.

Importing goods

HMRC has published new guidance on claiming relief from import duties and VAT on importing goods for testing. 

Tax treaty negotiations

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