Petition · past parliament

Change the 50% of self employment taxable earnings category on SEISS grant

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Benefits such as bereavement allowances or cashed in pensions should not disqualify the self employed from the SEISS grant.
We still have to work as we would certainly not be able to survive on this income (benefit/pension) alone so why should we receive nothing??

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Pay self-employed workers 80% of trading profit regardless of other income/jobs

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Timeline

15 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
1 Jun 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jun 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.