What support can self-employed people get as a result of Coronavirus? <\/strong><\/p>\n The government have announced a Self-employed Income Support Scheme, which will allow self-employed people or members of a partnership to recover money if they have lost income due to coronavirus.<\/p>\n Who does this apply to? <\/strong><\/p>\n You can apply for this Scheme if you submitted your tax return for the year 2018-19, traded in the tax year 2019-20, are trading or would be trading if it was not for coronavirus, intended to continue trade in the tax year 2020-21 and have lost trading or partnership trading profits due to coronavirus.<\/p>\n What other criteria is there? <\/strong><\/p>\n Your trading profits must be less than \u00a350,000 and more than half of your income must come from self-employment.<\/p>\n What could I get? <\/strong><\/p>\n You will get a taxable grant which will be 80% of the average profits from the tax years 2016 to 2017, 2017 to 2018 and 2018 to 2019. The maximum you can get is \u00a32,500 per month for 3 months.<\/p>\n How can I apply for this? <\/strong><\/p>\n You do not need to do anything. HMRC will contact you if you are eligible for the Scheme and invite you to apply online.<\/p>\n