Businesses receiving JobSaver support will need to reconfirm eligibility fortnightly and payment should be received within a week. You can only confirm at the end of the period, if you need time to get your accounts up to date, you can submit more than one declaration at a time.
We have been advised September payments will be processed without further info being required. You should receive a payment on Monday without any further action.
You will need to lodge 13-26th September, before you can apply for October payment. At this stage you don’t need to do anything until 11th October (you can confirm multiple outstanding fortnights together)
*As we have all discovered, everything is subject to change without notice!
Choosing a comparison period
If your business was closed, you can indicate that you have continued to experience a decline in turnover of at least 30% by selecting ‘yes’ on the confirmation screen. You are not required to perform a calculation of decline in turnover.
If your business has continued to trade and experienced a decline in turnover of at least 30% for the fortnight for which you are confirming your eligibility, you can demonstrate the decline in turnover using one of the following options.
Note: You need to use the same option each time you reconfirm your eligibility.
If 12 June to 25 June 2021 was your initial comparison period
In this case, you must use the same period as your initial application.
For example, 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. No other option is available for you.
If your initial comparison period was in 2019 or 2020 you have 2 choices:
- You can use the same year, but the corresponding fortnight as the current fortnight for which you are reconfirming your eligibility.
For example, 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. - Alternatively, you can use the same comparison period that you used in your application. For example, 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.
For more information see: JobSaver FAQ
