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Introduce tax relief for the self employed to help through the pandemic.

Submitted on Tuesday 17th March 2020

Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)

Petition Action

Introduce tax relief for the self employed to help through the pandemic.

Petition Details

We are calling on the government to offer assistance to the self employed by way of tax relief to help cover the costs and loss of income due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Additional Information

Much in the same way the government are offering support to businesses by way of government backed loans and grants. These do not cover the approximately five million self employed workers in the UK who are suffering as a result of the pandemic.

These people play a fundamental role in the UK economy and without support are at risk. A reduction in tax liabilities will ease the financial burden during this period.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: www.gov.uk/coronavirus

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

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 and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

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