Please be advised that on 29 April 2021, the Government announced an increased level of support for businesses reopening following an easing of public health restrictions.
Please be advised that on 29 April 2021, the Government announced an increased level of support for businesses reopening following an easing of public health restrictions.
Restart Week:
Businesses who qualified for CRSS and who, from 29 April 2021, become eligible to claim a “restart week” payment, can claim double “restart week” payments for a period of two weeks to assist them with the additional costs of reopening. The amount that may be claimed in respect of each “restart week” is subject to the maximum weekly amount payable under the scheme of €5,000.
To qualify for the restart week, the following conditions apply:
The relevant business must have been subject to restrictions, which required the business to either temporarily close or to significantly reduce its activities, such that the business was eligible to claim an ACTE, for a continuous period of not less than three weeks;
The relevant business activity must be recommenced within a reasonable period of the lifting of the restrictions. What is a reasonable period of time will depend on the particular facts and circumstances, but the claim for the restart week should only be made when the business either is about to recommence its activities, or has recommenced those activities.
A qualifying business that reopens from 29 April 2021 and which becomes eligible to claim double restart week payments from 29 April or in May or June 2021, should make the claim in the same manner as claiming the normal restart week, with the facility for making a claim being available from 12 May.
Our Tax Team can assist you in making your claim. Contact our UHY FDW Care Team and they will arrange a free consultation with our experts.
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