 I'm writing to you with the latest information about the support schemes available as part of the UK Government's Plan for Jobs. This includes a reminder of the 14 September deadline for submitting your August Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) claims and some frequently asked questions to help you. To find out what other financial support may be available for you and your business during this time, search 'find coronavirus financial support' on GOV.UK. - Submit your CJRS claims for August
- Frequently asked questions about the CJRS
- A word about scams
1. Submit your CJRS claims for August CJRS claims for August can now be submitted and must be made by Tuesday 14 September. For August and September, you can claim 60% of furloughed employees' usual wages for the hours not worked, up to a cap of £1,875 per month. You'll need to contribute 20% from your own funds so that your furloughed employees' are paid at least 80% of their usual wages in total for the hours they do not work (up to a cap of £2,500 a month). September will be the last month of the CJRS. What you need to do now - work out how much you can claim, and the contribution you'll need to make to reach 80% of usual wages, by searching 'Job Retention Scheme' on GOV.UK
- submit any claims for August, no later than Tuesday 14 September
- keep records supporting the grants you claim, in case we need to check them
- make sure you continue paying CJRS-related employee tax and National Insurance contributions to HMRC, and contact us if you're struggling to pay
- prepare for the scheme closing on 30 September.
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2. Frequently asked questions about the CJRS You can find everything you need to know about the CJRS on GOV.UK, but here are some answers to the questions that employers have been asking us recently: What if I've claimed too much in error? If you have claimed too much CJRS grant and have not already repaid the overclaimed amount, you can repay as part of your next online claim without needing to call us. If you claimed too much but do not plan to submit further claims, you can let us know and make a repayment online through our card payment service or by bank transfer – go to 'pay Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme grants back' on GOV.UK. You must notify us and repay the money by the latest of whichever date applies below: - 90 days from receiving the CJRS money you're not entitled to
- 90 days from the point circumstances changed so that you were no longer entitled to keep the CJRS grant.
If you do not do this, you may have to pay interest and a penalty, as well as repaying the excess CJRS grant. Search 'interest rates for late and early payments' on GOV.UK. What if I haven't claimed enough? If you made a mistake in your claim that means you received too little money, you'll need to amend your claim within 28 calendar days after the month the claim relates to – unless this falls on a weekend or bank holiday, where the deadline is the next weekday. The deadline to amend claims for July is Tuesday 31 August. To find out how to amend your claim, search 'get help with the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme' on GOV.UK. Back to the top
3. A word about scams We are urging customers to be careful if they are contacted out of the blue by someone asking for money or personal information. We continue to see high numbers of fraudsters calling, emailing or texting customers claiming to be from HMRC. If in doubt, we advise you not to reply directly to anything suspicious, but to contact HMRC straight away and to search GOV.UK for 'HMRC scams'. The National Cyber Security Centre has a helpful guide on how to stay secure online and protect yourself or your business against cyber crime, which you can find by searching 'Cyber Aware'. Yours faithfully | 
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