JobSaver and Micro-business Grant retesting requirement
If your business has received either the JobSaver or Micro-business Payments, you now have to reconfirm the following eligibility requirements each fortnight to continue to receive the payments:
- you have maintained the employee headcount stated in your application;
- you have continued to experience a decline in turnover of at least 30%;
How to reconfirm eligibility
When you log into the Service NSW account, you should see a message with the instructions that you need to follow to confirm the above. To choose a comparison period for the decline in turnover test:
- If your comparison period in the initial application was in 2019 or 2020:
- you can use the same year but the corresponding fortnight as the current fortnight.
An example from the Service NSW: ‘If you initially compared the period of 26 July to 8 August 2021 to 26 July to 8 August 2019, and you are now reconfirming your eligibility for the period of 13 September to 26 September 2021, then your comparison period is 13 September to 26 September 2019. You cannot use 13 September to 26 September 2020 as your comparison period in this example.’
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- you can use the same period that was used in the initial application. Here is an example given by Service NSW:
An example from the Service NSW: ‘If you initially compared the period of 26 July to 8 August 2021 to 26 July to 8 August 2019, and you are now reconfirming your eligibility for the period of 13 September to 26 September 2021, then your comparison period remains 26 July to 8 August 2019. This comparison period will remain fixed for all future periods.’
- If your comparison period used in the initial application was between 12th June 2021 and 25th June 2021:
- you must use that period for this test. Here is an example given by Service NSW:
An example from the Service NSW: ‘If you initially compared the period of 26 July to 8 August 2021 to 12 June to 25 June 2021, and you are now reconfirming your eligibility for the period of 13 September to 26 September 2021, then your comparison period remains 12 June to 25 June 2021. This comparison period will remain fixed for all future periods.’
You will not need to attach any additional documents or an accountant letter when confirming the above. However, you are required to maintain adequate records for substantiation purposes.
Please visit the Service NSW website for further information on:
If you need any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact Lawrence (E: lawrence@wladvisory.com.au M: 0431 658 603).
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