Petition · past parliament
Drop tax repayments for self employed workers for the year 2019-2020
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Stop workers paying tax for the latest tax year. With the coronavirus effectively destabilising the country, work is drying up overnight, as the customers will be choosing to keep hold of their money rather than pay for skilled workers
Self employed don’t always have people paying tax for them, it’s usually a last gasp scramble for workers to raise the much needed funds to pay tax bills in last months leading to April.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
It's not clear whether you want the Government to suspend payments for tax on the 2019/20 financial year, which will be due by 31 January 2021, or to suspend any tax payments during the current financial year.
The Government has announced that, because of coronavirus, self-employed workers can delay making their second payment on account, otherwise due on 31 July 2020, to 31 January 2021: https://www.gov.uk/difficulties-paying-hmrc
We have published a petition calling on the Government to Get HMRC to refund the Self-Employed their Jan 2020 Tax Payment on Account, which you might like to sign: Get HMRC to refund the Self-Employed their Jan 2020 1st Tax Payment on Account
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
The Government has announced that, because of coronavirus, self-employed workers can delay making their second payment on account, otherwise due on 31 July 2020, to 31 January 2021: https://www.gov.uk/difficulties-paying-hmrc
We have published a petition calling on the Government to Get HMRC to refund the Self-Employed their Jan 2020 Tax Payment on Account, which you might like to sign: Get HMRC to refund the Self-Employed their Jan 2020 1st Tax Payment on Account
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
Timeline
| 20 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 20 Apr 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
20 Apr 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.