Government owed £10m in unpaid Covid support
BBCJersey's government has written to local businesses saying it is owed more than £10m in repayments for Covid support measures.
The States let businesses defer GST and social security payments during the pandemic.
A total of 216 businesses were allowed to defer GST payments worth £4.9m over that time, and 1,400 businesses delayed social security payments totalling £16.7m.
A question from Deputy Inna Gardiner to Minister for Social Security Deputy Lyndsay Feltham showed that, by the end of 2024, 163 businesses had not paid back the GST totalling £2.6m alone.
More than 800 businesses had not paid back their social security payments, worth a remaining £7.7m.
The government said that it sent out letters to all businesses that still owed money in January, adding that it would work with those unable to pay to figure out a payment plan.
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