Maternity Allowance - quick question

[Limelight]

To all of your self-employed maternity allowance claimers out there! Can you help me with a quick question?

Section 5.c of the claim form asks 'what dates were you registered as self-employed?' Do they mean within the test period, or do they mean more generally (so from the date I registered as self-employed with HMRC)?

I claimed maternity allowance after DS was born. You think I'd have kept a photocopy of that form but no.....

Thanks!

Limelightxx

It is badly worded, they only need to know about what happened during the test period but I am sure that it would be fine if you put in a start date that is before the test period and/or enter the date you sign the form as the end date (providing that is true of course).

I put in from the date I registered with HMRC. Was that correct? I have no idea, but I did get my maternity allowance.....

Good luck!

I was a sole trader when pg with ds and I think I put down the dates covered by me paying NI contributions.

I put from when I registered as being self-employed, and then realised they meant the test period. So put two dates. Just got confirmation form through, so it obvs worked!