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Research about employee experience of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

From 11 April 2022 to 31 August 2022, HMRC will work with an independent research company called Ipsos to carry out research with employees. This research will examine the views and experiences of being put on furlough through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), or having colleagues on furlough. It will also examine the wider impacts of the scheme.

You may receive a letter from HMRC and Ipsos inviting you to take part in the research, which will be carried out by telephone, or online. You may receive this letter regardless of whether you were put on furlough through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme or not.

Taking part is voluntary. If you do take part, your answers will be confidential and any information you give will be used for research purposes only.

Research about the digitisation of Child Benefit

From 3 March 2022 up to and including 1 June 2022, HMRC will be working with an independent research agency IFF Research to carry out research.

You may receive a letter during this time from IFF research on behalf of HMRC. The letter will invite you to take part in interviews which will be carried out by phone call.

This research is to understand customer readiness for a digital Child Benefit service.

Taking part is voluntary and any information given will be:

• confidential
• used for research purposes only

Refund of Income Tax from changes to your Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant

From 11 April 2022 to 31 January 2023, we may write to you if you claimed one or more of the first, second or third SEISS grants and later repaid some, or all, of the grant.

You may be entitled to a refund of Income Tax if you reported the original SEISS grant amount on your 2020 to 2021 tax return, and later made a repayment which reduced the amount of Income Tax you needed to pay.

To receive the refund, you’ll need to update your 2020 to 2021 tax return by 31 January 2023. You can do this on GOV.UK.

If you’re not sure whether the letter is genuine or you want further information, you can contact our Self Assessment helpline on 0300 200 3310.

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