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Eat Out to Help Out Scheme - Post-Payment Checks

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Monday, 23 November, 2020
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HMRC is beginning to write to selected Eat Out to Help Out (EOTHO) claimants to ask them to check their claims.

The EOTHO scheme saw more than 84,000 food and drink establishments take part and offer a 50% discount on eligible purchases on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays during August 2020.

HMRC worked quickly to set up a system to pay restaurants within five working days. Controls were built into the system to protect public money, which included limiting eligibility to food businesses registered with the relevant local authority by 7 July 2020.

Post-payment compliance checks to recover money paid out incorrectly are now set to begin. As such, HMRC is writing to around 4,000 businesses where records suggest that they may have made an incorrect claim and asking them to check their claims are correct.

Claimants have 60 days to respond to the letter or HMRC may start a formal compliance check. This could include having to pay statutory interest and penalties.

Some claimants may be asked to provide evidence of eligibility and their EOTHO calculations. This follows the similar approach HMRC has taken to post-payment compliance for the Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

 

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