All employees furloughed for same date range
If all employees were furloughed at the same time and are all on the same pay frequency, you only need to submit one claim for the date range.
Claim period for full month with employees furloughed for different dates
If you've had furloughed employees for the full month but the dates were different for your employees, you need to run the Job Retention Scheme Module for each date range separately then combine the values together before making the claim.
Export the file to submit to HMRC
- Click Company then click Job Retention Scheme Module.
- Next to step 7, Export to HMRC, click Do it now.
- Enter your Contact Name and Phone Number.
- These fields are compulsory and must be completed.
- To create the file containing your earnings assessment, click Export.
- The file opens in Excel. If you'd like to print a copy for your records, click Print.
- Check the Account Number and Sort Code.
- This must be done as Excel automatically removes any leading zeros from your account number and may change the sort code to a date.
- If you're furloughing 16 or more employees, add a new column Statutory Leave Returner? and populate Yes where the employee is returning from statutory leave.
- Click File then click Save As.
- Make a note of the file name, then browse to where you want to save the file then click Save.
- To upload the file, click HMRC Claim Portal then follow their on-screen instructions.
- Once you've submitted your claim, you'll be provided with a unique reference from HMRC.
- Enter your unique reference number from HMRC into the Submission ID box.
- If you have saved and closed the Job Retention Scheme Module before entering the submission ID, you can simply re-open it then enter your submission ID. When you enter the submission ID, the Save button changes to Finish.
- To mark the claim as complete, click Finish then click Yes.
If required, you can now start a new claim for another group of employees. you can only do this after entering the submission ID from HMRC.
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