States of Guernsey COVID-19 Measures – How to apply

The States have released the application forms required for the Payroll Co-Funding Scheme and the Small Business Grant.

There are two forms to fill in. Both of which can be completed and sent back to business.support@gov.gg now.

If you have not received these forms, or have not yet applied – you need to email business support requesting these application forms.

This post is to answer FAQs from clients and contacts and to help you fill them out.

Business Support Set up Form

1. Make sure you know what you are entitled to before starting. www.gov.gg/covid19businessguidance or our previous posts are good places to start. Alternatively, you can reach out to us.
2. Name of the business:
   • If you are a company – this is the company name
   • If you are a sole trader or partnership – this is your trading as name
3. Name of owner / employer:
   • If you are a company – this is the company name
   • If you are a sole trader or partnership – this is your name
4. Business Tax ID:
   • If you are a company – this is the company tax reference. It will usually start with a number followed by the letter C
   • If you are a sole trader – this is your personal income tax reference
5. Employer Tax ID: This is the Y reference that you use for payroll
6. Company Registration Number – can be found on greg.gg if you do not know it
7. Is this a small business? – the form implies that any business with over 10 employees is not small so we suggest answering in that way.
8. How many employees does the business have?
   • If you are a company – this should be all employees, including any directors who are paid through payroll. Each part time worker counts as a separate employee.
   • If you are a sole trader – this should include all employees including yourself if you rely on drawings from the business.
9. Estimated annual business turnover: This is total revenue or income. We suggest using the amount from your last set of accounts.
10. Estimated lost net income: This is income less direct costs (gross profit). Some businesses are seasonal so try to make a good estimate. However, if you do not know this take your gross profit from the last set of accounts divide by 52 weeks x 13 weeks.
11. Does the business hold a SoG Vendor Account? If you have received payments from the States previously for contractual work you will have a Vendor account number.
12. You need to make sure you attach evidence of a bank statement / paying in slip and also include your bank details.

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Payroll Co-Funding Reimbursement Form

1. Name of business (see advice above)
2. Name of owner / employer (see advice above)
3. Employer Tax ID (see advice above)
4. Business Tax ID (see advice above)
5. Payroll Period from: You can apply for support effective from 16.03.2020, so we suggest putting that date, even if you pay your staff monthly.
6. Payroll Period To:
   • If you pay monthly – 31.03.2020
   • If you pay weekly – 23.03.2020 (you will need to submit this form every week)
7. The date you paid wages
8. Hours paid this period – The States are paying per hour so this will affect the amount of the grant that the business receives per employee. The guidance says it should be based on a normal working week.

Once completed, both forms need to be submitted to business.support@gov.gg

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