Reader's Forum: Furlough Fandango

Rebecca answers the question posed by a reader in Taxation Magazine regarding a comment made by Martin Lewis that a director could furlough themselves and then work as self-employed.

There has been no help during Covid-19 for directors of limited companies, Rebecca comments for the Financial Times on the debt problem for these directors.

Rebecca was quoted in this article in the Financial Times as a tax expert on employment status on the pages of FT Money.

There have been many questions about whether you can be an employee of your own limited company and whether, as a sole director, you can furlough yourself under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

Rebecca Seeley Harris was quoted as a leading expert in self-employment by Sam Meadows in an article in the Telegraph.