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As mentioned above its too late now.
You can claim UC as self-employed, basically you report income & expenses to DWP monthly and its worked out how much of the £408 per month you are eligible for, Ive been doing this since May but Ive had some invoices coming in so havnt been eligible yet...
The HMRC calc does ask lots of questions but the main part of it is, it asks what you earnt in the same period one year ago and also the whole amount over the last 12 years, which it divides by 12 and chooses the greater.
Yeah holiday pay does have an effect as does weekends and bank holidays...
It IS more complex than that..as it takes into account holiday pay, the initial calculation used by Xero was incorrect so they then had to put together a how to guide to remedy it, HMRC have just added a feature if youve been overpaid CJRS but it seems nothing if you underclaimed. Ive just used...
Been dealing with them about a missing payment, its like hitting your head against a wall..this was partially explained by a management saying theyve employed all sorts recently :)
Yes it can, you can do Furlough with annual salary, its mostly irrelevant to HMRC, all they check is that you had PAYE RTI submission before March 2020, you will also need to use the CJRS calculator to work out 80% monthly pay..although this calculation is separate to your CJRS claim.
Seems to...
Yes that makes sense, I do my own accounts and could if I wanted pay nil months, pay double in one or as suggested pay 11 at nil then one annual amount at the end but its still a monthly scheme.
No..ive paid salary (its only me), Ive had couple of calls from HMRC but they dont seem to know whats going on, other than to tell me its been paid or is on its way.
There was a slight issue with Xero as the calculation method they used differed to HMRCs, Ive slightly underclaimed.
Sounds to me like your AC was wrong..I dont understand the "set your salary to nil for 20/21" bit, surely your salary will be an ever changing amount ?, yes your tax code is calculated on an estimated amount based on assumed salary and/or dividends but you can logon n change this and HMRC will...