COVID-19 Update – 27 August – CJRS: Employers urged to get their data right

27th Aug 2020

HMRC has updated the guidelines for making a claim under the CJRS to indicate that files with details of 100+ furloughed employees will be rejected if not formatted correctly.

Employers will be notified when a file has been rejected with a message stating the claim has not been accepted and will not continue.

To avoid this happening we advise using the template from HMRC when you are making a claim for 100 or more employees. Files will be rejected due to:


  • an incorrect file type

  • too many columns or sheets

  • too few columns.


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