"I wouldn't say its a massive overreaction Will . 
Mortuaries in Italy struggling to cope ?
I would say its a desperate attempt to stem a chain reaction to stop the virus getting a hold and get the genie back in the bottle .
 
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"I think its so the business can maintain its customer base , contacts and momentum so we can return to some normality once this is over without the need to rebuild our business from scratch ."

"yes it's good that we can claim our ''Giro'' and still try to earn a bit. But am not counting my chickens until that free money is in the bank."

"If i heard correctly chancellor implied self employed can continue to work and still be eligble for this financial support ."

"Paying for regular maintenance is an investment . The sadness is seeing all this investment get wiped out if the garden gets out of control . 
I have suggested this might benefit the planet a bit of wilding , respite from regular maintenance has to…"

"Given all the complexities involved it does seem to cover most people and, as others have said, will penalise those who have underdeclared which is great. 
We do qualify as we're a partnership but have only submitted 2 tax returns, the first of whic…"

"forgot to say, my reasons to carry on mowing would include the service you're providing. People who are cooped up will be relying on using the garden more over the next 3 months, especially the older and at risk. So anything giving them a nicer envi…"

"Same as you Charlie, Carrying on working.
Just sending an email to all customers a couple of days beforehand to check they're happy with it.
All customers have confirmed it's okay.
lots of new work from neighbours who are now at home.
everyone now s…"

"Charlie, there are 3 camps on here. Those that will carry on working as per their (correct IMO) intereptation of the government guidlines. Those who think it's wrong to work, morally or risk etc and interpret the guidline to show that; and finally t…"

"HMRC will contact those eligble which is a blessing ."

"those who put in a fiddled tax return of a profit just below income tax thresh hold will still get a couple of grand for free so will be unlikely to complain. as they might have been in receipt of working/ child tax credits also, which are still a t…"

"OK thanks, that makes sense. 3% increase seems fine with me for parity. Most self employed people have other benefits like ofseting some household costs eg their home office proportion of bills, mortgage interest etc. Not much and it has a limit. Ot…"

"As for the NIC it was always my understanding we paid a bit less because we don't get sick pay and holidays etc?"

"This was what I was referring to - if I've understood correctly 
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tax/news/chancellor-sunak-eyes-national..."

"When the chancellor announced the scheme and set the limit to those earning less than £50k, he stated that the average income of all those above £50k was £200k. Guess that's skewed by all the footballers and celebs being "self employed"."

"Yes, it's effectively the form you fill in.
Exactly 🙂"