Petition · past parliament

Change the HMRC Guidelines so that Annually PAYE can furlough themselves

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

To change the HMRC guidelines to enable Annual PAYE to claim in the furlough scheme which will then be equal to the monthly PAYE.
Those on Annual PAYE should all be entitled to receive financial support equal to those on Monthly PAYE. Either the date needs to be changed from 19th March 2020 to a later date so annual PAYE can submit an RTI or for previous years 2018-2019 to be used. It can be sorted out.
Many small business owners/sole limited directors are not receiving any income at all and are suffering due to this. Please allow them to get the financial support they need urgently. Please sign & share. Thank you 🙏🏻

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 some of these petitions:

Change the Furlough Support Scheme to include new hires after 28th February: Change the Furlough Support Scheme to include new hires after 28th February.

Extend the RTI deadline of 19 March for contractors and employees for the CJRS: Extend the RTI deadline of 19 March for contractors and employees for the CJRS

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/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

21 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.