What Is A Reasonable Excuse For Making A Late Furlough Claim

Published by Rana Zubair posted in Business Support on November 26, 2020

What Is A Reasonable Excuse For Making A Late Furlough Claim? HMRC may accept a claim made after the deadline if you had a reasonable excuse for failing to make a claim in time.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wages-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme

HMRC’s list of example excuses is as follows:

  • your partner or another close relative died shortly before the claim deadline
  • you had an unexpected stay in hospital that prevented you from dealing with your claim
  • you had a serious or life-threatening illness, including Coronavirus related illnesses, which prevented you from making your claim (and no one else could claim for you)
  • a period of self-isolation prevented you from making your claim (and no one else could make the claim for you)
  • your computer or software failed just before or while you were preparing your online claim
  • service issues with HMRC online services prevented you from making your claim
  • a fire, flood or theft prevented you from making your claim
  • postal delays that you could not have predicted prevented you from making your claim
  • delays related to a disability you have prevented you from making your Furlough Claim
  • an HMRC error prevented you from making your claim

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