What Is A Reasonable Excuse For Making A Late Furlough Claim? HMRC may accept a claim made after the deadline if you had a reasonable excuse for failing to make a claim in time.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wages-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme

HMRC’s list of example excuses is as follows:

• your partner or another close relative died shortly before the claim deadline
• you had an unexpected stay in hospital that prevented you from dealing with your claim
• you had a serious or life-threatening illness, including Coronavirus related illnesses, which prevented you from making your claim (and no one else could claim for you)
• a period of self-isolation prevented you from making your claim (and no one else could make the claim for you)
• your computer or software failed just before or while you were preparing your online claim
• service issues with HMRC online services prevented you from making your claim
• a fire, flood or theft prevented you from making your claim
• postal delays that you could not have predicted prevented you from making your claim
• delays related to a disability you have prevented you from making your Furlough Claim
• an HMRC error prevented you from making your claim

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