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<p>The Government recognises that this is a challenging time for many sectors and
individuals, including self-employed taxi drivers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has
acted to support those that are self-employed and have been affected by the COVID-19
outbreak, and announced at Budget 2021 that the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
(SEISS) will continue until September, with a fourth and a final fifth grant.</p><p>
</p><p>The Government will have spent over £33 billion supporting those in self-employment
through the SEISS, making it one of the most generous self-employment income COVID-19
support schemes in the world.</p><p> </p><p>The SEISS is not intended to provide a
month-by-month replacement of income. Due to the volatility of self-employed income
and the lack of granular data that HMRC holds on self-employed trading profits, precise
mapping of income replacement month by month is not possible. Instead, the SEISS provides
a lump sum payment to support eligible self-employed individuals whose businesses
have been affected by coronavirus.</p><p> </p><p>The SEISS is just one part of a wider
package of support for the self-employed, which includes automatic, self-serve time-to-pay
arrangements, loans, welfare support, and other business support grants.</p>
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