Enter Coronavirus grants and payments in Personal Tax

Categories of Coronavirus payments in Personal, Business and Trust Tax

To enter Coronavirus payments, you'll need to know:
1. Were the payments claimed correctly?
2. Which of the following categories they belong to:
  • Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS): Persons only.
  • Coronavirus Support Payments: All client types. (This includes all Coronavirus payments other than SEISS, for example furlough claims, Eat Out to Help Out, and Job Retention Bonus.)

Correctly claimed: SEISS (Persons only)

  • For a Sole Trade Instance (a person or trust/estate):
    1. Select
      Edit
      , then
      Schedule Editor.
    2. Select
      Sole Trade
      , then the
      Sole Trade Name
      .
    3. Select the
      Coronavirus Support Payments
      tab.
    4. Select
      Correctly claimed grants
      .
  • For a Business Tax sole trade (person or trust/estate):
    1. Select
      Edit
      , then
      Schedule Editor
      .
    2. Select
      Sole Trade
      , then the
      Sole Trade Name
      .
    3. Select
      Current Year Tax Details
      .
    4. Select the
      Coronavirus Payments
      tab.
    5. Select
      Correctly claimed grants
      .
  • For Partnership income (person or trust/estate):
    1. Select
      Edit
      , then
      Schedule Editor
      .
    2. Select
      Partnership Income
      .
    3. Select the
      Coronavirus Support Payments
      tab.
    4. Select
      Correctly claimed grants
      .
The Sole Trades backing schedule includes a
Self Employment Income Support Scheme grants
row in the
Adjustments to Arrive at Profit/Loss for Tax (Assessable Profits)
section.
The Partnership Income backing schedule includes a
Self Employment Income Support Scheme grants
row in the
Share of Trading Income
section.
You should enter SEISS based on what was received in the tax year, not the accounting period. For tax calculation, it is part of trading income and so subject to tax and National Insurance. It's also part of adjusted net income for the year for calculating, for example, pension charges and student loans.

Correctly Claimed: Coronavirus Support Payments

You enter correctly claimed payments in the Other Income/Profits field of the normal trading schedules.
  • For a Sole Trade Instance (person or trust/estate):
    1. Select
      Edit
      , then
      Schedule Editor
      .
    2. Select
      Sole Trade
      , then the
      Sole Trade Name
      .
    3. Select the
      Profit and Loss
      tab.
    4. Select
      Other Income/Profits
  • For a Business Tax Sole Trade (person or trust/estate):
    1. Select
      Edit
      , then
      Schedule Editor
      .
    2. Select
      Sole Trade
      , then
      Sole Trade Name
      .
    3. Expand the
      Accounts
      , then
      Accounting period
      folders.
    4. Select
      Business Accounts
      .
    5. Select the
      Profit and Loss
      tab.
    6. Select
      Other Income/Profits
      .
  • For a Client Partnership (Partnership):
    1. Select
      Edit
      , then
      Schedule Editor
      .
    2. Select the
      Accounts
      , then
      Accounting period
      folders.
    3. Select
      Business Accounts
      .
    4. Select the
      Profit and Loss
      tab.
    5. Select
      Other Income/Profits
      .
  • For a Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHL) (person or trust/estate):
    • Select
      Edit
      , then
      Schedule Editor
      .
    • Select
      Income from Property
      .
    • Select the
      FHL property
      .
    • Select the
      Details and Gross Rents
      tab.
    • Select the
      Income Gross
      field.

Declaration for Correctly Claimed Payments

If you include correctly claimed Coronavirus amounts on a return, you'll also need to mark the
All coronavirus support payments have been included as taxable income
checkbox.
  1. For Person and Trust/Estate returns:
    1. Select
      Other Return Information
      .
    2. Select
      Coronavirus Support Payments
      .
    3. If there are any correctly claimed Coronavirus Suport Payments (not SEISS), mark the
      All coronavirus support payments have been included as taxable income
      checkbox.
  2. For Partnerships
    1. Select Other Return Information.
    2. Select Form Options.
    3. Mark the
      All coronavirus support payments have been included as taxable income
      checkbox.

Incorrectly claimed: SEISS
(persons only)

  • Sole Trade Instance:
    1. Select
      Edit
      , then
      Schedule Editor
      .
    2. Select the
      Sole Trade Name
      .
    3. Select the
      Coronavirus Support Payments
      tab.
    4. Select
      Incorrectly claimed grants
      .
  • For a Business Tax Sole Trade:
    1. Select
      Edit
      , then
      Schedule Editor
      .
    2. Select
      Sole Trade
      .
    3. Select the Sole Trade Name.
    4. Select
      Current Tax Year Details
      .
    5. Select the
      Coronavirus Support Payments
      tab.
    6. Select I
      ncorrectly claimed grants
      .
  • For Partnership Income:
    1. Select
      Edit
      , then
      Schedule Editor
      .
    2. Select
      Partnership Income
      .
    3. Select the
      Coronavirus Support Payments
      tab.
    4. Select
      Incorrectly claimed grants
      .
The total amount of incorrect claims are shown in the
Other Return Information
Coronavirus Support Payments
field. You can edit this field, in case any other payments need to be included that aren't related to sole trades or partnerships. The total figure then populates box 2 on page 5 of the SA100, in the Incorrectly claimed coronavirus support scheme payments section.
For computation purposes, the incorrectly claimed amount will be added to any other incorrectly claimed Coronavirus support payments and the total will show in the Computation Summary as 'Incorrectly claimed coronavirus support payments @ 100%', so incorrect amounts are effectively reclaimed in full.
There is no separate backing schedule to give a breakdown of this figure and the incorrectly claimed amounts are not included in the sole trade or partnership income backing schedules either. The incorrectly claimed payments charge can be reduced by actual tax deducted, but not by notional and non-repayable credits. It will affects payments on account due for the following year.

Incorrectly Claimed: Coronavirus Support Payments

Incorrectly claimed payments are assessed on a tax year basis. You enter them on the
Coronavirus Support Payments
tab (available from tax year 2020/21 onwards) in the Sole Trade and Partnership schedules. If an incorrect payment has already been declared and paid back to HMRC, you will not need enter it on the return.
  • Sole Trade Instance (persons or trust/estate):
    1. Select
      Edit
      , then
      Schedule Editor
      .
    2. Select
      Sole Trade
      .
    3. Select the
      Sole Trade Name
      .
    4. Select the
      Coronavirus Support Payments
      tab.
    5. Select
      Incorrectly claimed grants and payments
      .
  • Business Tax Sole Trade (person or trust/estate):
    1. Select
      Edit
      , then
      Schedule Editor
      .
    2. Select
      Sole Trade
      .
    3. Select the
      Sole Trade Name
      .
    4. Select
      Current Year Tax Details
      .
    5. Select the
      Coronavirus Support Payments
      tab.
    6. Select I
      ncorrectly claimed grants and payments
      .
  • Partnership Income (Person & Trust/Estate):
    • Select
      Edit
      , then
      Schedule Editor
      .
    • Select
      Partnership Income
      .
    • Select the
      Coronavirus Support Payments
      tab.
    • Select
      Incorrectly claimed grants and payments
      .
  • Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHL) (person or trust/estate):
    • There is no specific data entry point for incorrectly claimed payments for an FHL
    • You will need to edit the figure in
      Other Return Information
      to include this amount.
  • For Client Partnership (Partnership):
    • Select Edit, then Schedule Editor.
    • Select New.
    • Select Coronavirus Support Payments – 2020/21.
    • Edit
      Schedule Editor
      New
      Coronavirus Support Payments – 2020/21
      .
  • For partnerships:
    • There is a backing schedule called Coronavirus Support Payments, which will list multiple items.
    • The Profit Apportionment backing schedule and Partnership Statement report have also been updated to reflect the Incorrectly claimed Coronavirus Support Payments.

SEISS / Other Coronavirus payments included in amount imported from Digita Accounts Production

  • Guidance from HMRC
    . HMRC’s notes for filling in SA103F full pages include the following guidance on Coronavirus payments:
    • Box 15 (Turnover): 'Do not include coronavirus support payments in box 15 (see box 16 and box 70.1)'.
    • Box 16 (Other Income): 'Do not include in box 16 payments from the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) - see box 70.1'.
    • Box 70.1 (Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grant): 'If you received any payments under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), only include in box 70.1 the amount you were entitled to'.
  • SEISS payments
    : If you've included SEISS in your income in Accounts Production Advanced, then depending on which tax category your nominal code for this entry is assigned to, the amount will import as either turnover or other income in the Profit and Loss dialog in Personal, Business and Trust Tax.  Both of these entry points are not inline with what HMRC expect to see reported and so you will need to remove them from either the turnover or other income entry point. It's not possible to make an entry in Accounts Production Advanced that posts directly to the
    SEISS – Correctly Claimed Grants
    entry point with the
    Coronavirus Support Payments
    tab Personal, Business and Trust Tax because this is outside the main Proft and Loss. If you remove any SEISS income imported from Accounts Production Advanced, it will cause balance sheet validation issues.
  • Other CV19 payments
    : If you have included Other CV19 payments/grants in your income in Accounts Production Advanced then, depending on which tax category your nominal code for this entry is assigned to, the amount will import as turnover or other income in Personal, Business and Trust Tax. If reported as turnover (box 15), this is incorrect because HMRC want this type of payment reported as Other income (box 16). You would need to either move the amount from turnover to other income in Personal Business and Trust Tax, or change your nominal code/tax category in Accounts Production Advanced as necessary and re-import the accounts.

Balance sheet and tax return validation issues

If you have included SEISS as income in Accounts Production Advanced, it will form part of your balance sheet and the removal of SEISS income from turnover/other in Personal, Business and Trust Tax will mean that your balance sheet in Personal Tax will no longer balance or match the balance sheet in Accounts Production Advanced.
If you follow HMRC guidance and remove SEISS from turnover/other income in Personal, Business and Trust Tax, then the net profit/loss from boxes 47/48 of the SA103 will not include your SEISS payment, whereas box 96 on the SA103 (net profit in balance sheet) will show (as per your accounts) a figure which does incorporate the SEISS figure. 
As a results, you will get the following validation error:
'Error #6836: The amount entered in box "Net profit or loss" (FSE96) must equal the amount entered in "Net profit or Net loss" (FSE47/FSE48). Please check. XML Location: /hd:GovTalkMessage[1]/hd:Body[1]/MTR:IRenvelope[1]/MTR:MTR[1]/MTR:SA103F[1]/MTR:BalanceSheet[1]/MTR:CapitalAccount[1]/MTR:NetProfitOrLoss[1]'
HMRC have acknowledged this issue and created Special No. 42 in Specials Cases v1.0 (4 May) where they advise to also include the amount of the SEISS payment in box 97 (capital introduced) rather than box 96 in order to bypass this validation error.
You may wish to return to this help topic to check if there are any further updates by HMRC.

Non-Business related Coronavirus Support Payments

There is some limited guidance on reporting Other Coronavirus payments in the notes:taken from SA150 guidance notes for the SA100 tax return: '
Box
17 (Other taxable income)
- This includes 'taxable coronavirus support payments (if not reported elsewhere in this tax return)'
Test and Trace payments, for instance, are taxable although HMRC's SA100  guidance notes do not specifically mention this and, if the tax payer has no self employment (SA103) or partnership pages (SA104) to report such payments, then box 17 of the main tax return appears to be the only place to declare other Coronavirus payments.  If you are unsure of where a particular payment should be reported, you would need to clarify this with HMRC. For more information, go to the Apply for a Test and Trace Support Payment page on gov.uk.
To populate box 17 of the SA100:
  1. Select
    Edit
    , then
    Schedule Editor
    .
  2. Select
    Other Income
    .
  3. Select
    New
    .
  4. Select
    Other Earned