COVID-19: How to make a claim under the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS). HMRC's claims portal for the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) went live on 13 May 2020.

If you are self-employed and your business was adversely affected by the coronavirus you can make a claim.

To make a claim

Access HMRC's SEISS Tool

You will need:

• Your Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR).
• Your National Insurance Number (NINO).

Am I eligible to make a claim?

HMRC's tool does not always tell you what you have failed on.

• Use our SEISS Eligibility checker if you want to see and check, step-by-step, the different qualifying conditions for claims from March 2020.

What if HMRC says I am ineligible to claim?

HMRC say that there are few cases where the checker may give an incorrect result.

• You can ask HMRC to review your eligibility if you still think you should be able to claim.
• If you have an adviser you can ask them to check your eligibility. They are allowed to contact HMRC to do this.
• You can double-check your eligibility using the above tools.

Links

Our guide to COVID-19: Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS)

External links

HMRC SEISS claim pages