21/08/20 to 26/08/20.

Had Annual leave on Monday 24/08/20.

Updated average wages for a couple of claims this week to try & take a fairer and more representative average in both cases. One was due to a VEP task from HMRC where the new average was higher. The other was as a result of a phone call from a colleague in Housing which resulted in a lower average.

I also amended wages for a non-dependant on another claim. We had nil income for the non-dependant going back to 2019. I had written out and been informed that the non-dep was now working. I had to write out twice for proof of earnings. When I updated our records the non-dependant deduction was unchanged as it stayed at £15pw whether there was nil income or low earnings.

I finished dealing with another of my Covid-19 Self-employed review cases. I had asked for their accounts for 2018/19 and also 2019/20. I requested 2018/19 because we had received an HBMS data match alerting us to the fact that we hadn't received this information. I calculated revised net profit figures for 2018/19 and 2019/20 and they were much the same as the income we had been using to calculate entitlement which must have been based on the 2017/18 net profit amount. I updated income from the start of lockdown to 1p per week and then further amended income to be based on the SEISS grant for a 13 week period from when the payment was received and then updated income again from the day after this 13 week period based on the 2019/20 accounts. The 2018/19 accounts were never used.

Other work this week was routine ATLAS work.