SEISS 5th grant claim: What is turnover and how is it calculated?

The fifth and final instalment of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) is expected to open for applications in late July. As of today, further guidance on the fifth grant is now available on the Government website, after initially being scheduled for release in late June. Read on to find out more about turnover, how it is calculated for SEISS grants and how it will impact claims.
What is turnover?
According to the Government website, turnover includes the “takings, fees, sales or money earned or received by your business”.
When working out turnover for grant five, anything reported as any other income on tax returns does not have to be included.
This includes things like previous SEISS grants, local authority or devolved administration grants or Eat Out to Help Out payments from last year.
Claimants will need to comb through their figures from their records, such as via accounting software or their 2020/2021 Self-Assessment tax return, if they’ve completed it, to apply for SEISS grant five.
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