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<p>In March, the Government announced the unprecedented Coronavirus Job Retention
Scheme to help firms keep millions of people in employment. HMRC have developed and
delivered the scheme at record speed, and it opened for claims on 20 April, just one
month after it was announced.</p><p> </p><p>Employers can claim for furloughed employees
who were employed on 19 March and on their PAYE payroll on or before 19 March 2020.
This means that an RTI submission notifying payment in respect of that employee must
have been made on or before 19 March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme has been set up
to operate at significant scale and with limited manual intervention. The Government
has prioritised helping the greatest number of people as quickly as possible, and
this approach achieves that, balancing it against the risk of fraud that exists as
soon as the scheme became public.</p><p> </p><p>Those not eligible for the scheme
may have access to other support Government is providing, including a package of temporary
welfare measures and up to three months’ mortgage payment holidays for those in difficulty
with mortgage payments.</p>
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