Petition · past parliament
Covid19 support for self employed under a year based on time trading & earnings
Rejected
13 signatures
What the petition asks
Self Employed for under a year to be supported during this time the same way those over a year are. For them you should be taking the Self employed earnings for 19-20 Tax year but calculating the monthly average ONLY from the date they started trading to the end of the tax year so it is fair.
So many people will be impacted and lose there new business or trade they have spent nearly a year building up from nothing with blood sweat and tears. The first year of anyone who is self employed already has larger outgoings to get started and make it work and if anything are the ones that will Not survive during these times without support as they are less likely to have the financial stability of money put away to rely on as it would have all been recently invested! You need to support them!
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Provide COVID19 income support for the newly self-employed, without HMRC records
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/
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
| 30 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 3 Apr 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
13
Status
Rejected
Rejected
3 Apr 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.