Mirror. That's because under the original rules, new parents who didn't submit a 2018/19 tax return - or posted trading profits that were less than 50% of their income - weren't eligible to claim.That changed in August, meaning these parents can now apply for the money.HMRC said it will use your 2016/17 and 2017/18 tax returns to work out eligibility if you were pregnant, gave birth or caring for a child under the age of one - or had adopted a child who had been with you for less than a year.Parents also need to have been self-employed in 2017/18 and submitted a tax return for the year before April 23, 2020.Martin also had some words of reassurance to people worried about qualifying for the scheme."HM Revenue & Customs should've contacted.
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