Coronavirus Furlough claim calculator

Follow the steps below to calculate how much you can claim from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for each furloughed or flexibly furloughed employee.

For full and part-time salaried employees, enter the employee’s usual gross monthly pay. For employees on other contracts, see the government's guidance.

Employers can no longer submit furlough claims that span more than one calendar month. If an employee’s monthly pay spans more than one calendar month (e.g. 23rd March to 22nd April), the employer should submit two separate claims. This calculator can be used to estimate the amount that can be claimed for each separate month.

Start and end date must be in the same month. Claims should be for dates between 1st January and 30th September 2021.

Claim periods should be at least seven days.

Claim periods should be at least seven days. You can only claim for a period of fewer than seven days if the period you are claiming for includes either the first or last day of the calendar month and you are also claiming for days in the month preceding or following it.

Numbers of hours furloughed must be greater than zero.

Numbers of hours worked cannot be blank or negative.

Total number of hours submitted exceeds the limit.

Include National Insurance contributions (NICs)?

Select ‘yes’ if the employer usually makes National Insurance contributions (NICs) for this employee.

Include pension contributions?

Select ‘yes’ if the employer usually pays into a pension for this employee.

HMRC contributions

Full claim amount for furloughed hours:

£0.00

Employer contributions

Contribution to furloughed wage:

£0.00

For more information about monthly changes to the furlough scheme, check our Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme glossary entry.

Summary of furlough

Total pay for furloughed hours:

£0.00

Days in claim period:

0

For more information on claiming pay for furloughed employees, check the government’s guidance.

How we calculate your furlough claim
  • This calculator is designed for estimating monthly payroll claims only; it doesn’t support weekly payroll. Where monthly payroll spans two calendar months, two separate claims should be submitted.
  • For claims beginning between 1st January 2021 and 30th June 2021, the claim amount for the base wage is calculated at 80% of an employee's usual monthly wage. This is up to a maximum day rate of £80.65 in 31-day months, £83.34 in 30-day months and £89.29 in February.
  • For claims for pay periods starting on or after 1st July 2021, the claim amount for the base wage is calculated at 70% of an employee’s usual monthly wage for July and 60% for August and September. This is up to a maximum day rate of £80.65 in July and August (31-day months) and £83.34 in September (a 30-day month). The employer must then top up the amount paid to the employee, covering at least the remaining 10% or 20% so that the employee receives 80% of their wages for the hours that they are furloughed.
  • ‘Start date for claim period’ is the first day of the period for which you’re calculating the furlough claim.
  • ‘End date for claim period’ is the last day of the period for which you’re calculating the furlough claim.
  • As per HMRC’s guidance, public holidays and weekends are included in the calculation.
  • The employer pension contribution claim is calculated at 3% on earnings over the qualified earnings minimum, which is £520. Pension contributions can only be claimed for claim periods up to 31st July 2020.
  • Employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) are calculated at 13.8% on earnings over the monthly threshold, which is £732. NICs can only be claimed for claim periods up to 31st July 2020.
  • All the above is based on HMRC's guidance.

*Disclaimer: We have made every attempt to make sure that the calculations are correct but FreeAgent Central Ltd cannot be held responsible for incorrect output from this calculator or for the outcome of any decisions you make as a result of using it. Full terms and conditions.

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