Our CIS Services

At ajftaxation, we have a thorough understanding of the work that is required under CIS.

We are experienced in registering a CIS contractor or a subcontractor and we can help you cut through the requirements to make your registration promptly and effectively.  Reporting to HMRC becomes truly effective and streamlined when the bookkeeping is structured to avoid any errors.

It is our ethos to find ways of managing your bookkeeping and accounting that fits with your requirements in such a way that enables you to free up your valuable time to run your business.  With this, we will ensure that a system is in place to ensure that your CIS obligations are met to avoid any penalties for late or inaccurate CIS returns.

Whether you are a contractor or a subcontractor, we can help you with the layers of the CIS system to ensure your obligations are met.

The Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) and how it works

The Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) sets out when and how contractors deduct tax payments from their payments to construction workers (subcontractors), and then pay the CIS tax to HMRC.

We are experienced with the CIS scheme and when it applies to the contractor and subcontractor relationship.  It is immensely important to determine whether the CIS scheme rules apply to the work being carried out to ensure the reporting is correct.

We would be pleased to help you with this.

CIS for Contractors

As a contractor, you are required to meet specific obligations under the CIS scheme.

These obligations include:

registering with HMRC as a contractor
checking whether your subcontractors are registered with HMRC – verifying them
paying your subcontractors with the deduction of CIS tax
supplying the CIS deduction statements to your subcontractors
submitting monthly CIS returns to HMRC
paying your CIS tax liabilities by the required due dates

For contractors it is vital that any CIS tax deducted is managed effectively, and is properly registered with HMRC, so it can be claimed back when the time comes. It is your responsibility to deduct the correct amount of tax and complete your returns every month.

Incorrect registration of CIS deductions can result in a penalty of up to £3,000. 

We can remove the stress of filing for CIS – let us handle it for you.  We will ensure that your bookkeeping system is structured in such a way that errors and late submissions are avoided.

It is our ethos to find ways of managing your bookkeeping and accounting that fits with your requirements in such a way that enables you to free up your valuable time to run your business.  With this, we will ensure that a system is in place to ensure that your CIS obligations are met to avoid any penalties for late or inaccurate CIS returns.

We can take care of the layers of the system for you, from the verification of the subcontractors to filing your CIS return and ensuring your bookkeeping is updated.

Get in touch to discuss.

CIS for Subcontractors

If you are self-employed as a subcontractor, you are required to meet specific obligations under the CIS scheme.

These obligations include:

registering your self-employment with HMRC if you haven’t already done so
registering with HMRC as a subcontractor under the CIS scheme – this will enable you to receive approval to have CIS tax deducted at the lower rate of 20% from your labour charged by your invoice
keep HMRC informed of any changes to your business
paying your subcontractors with the deduction of CIS tax
supplying the CIS deduction statements to your subcontractors
submitting monthly CIS returns to HMRC
paying your CIS tax liabilities by the required due dates
As a subcontractor, deduction of CIS tax is taken care of by your contractor.
As a CIS registered subcontractor, you will have the advantage of paying a lower rate of 20% CIS tax than 30% CIS tax if you are unregistered for the CIS scheme.

We ensure that all of the CIS tax deducted from your labour income is monitored regularly.

We also keep an eye on your status as a subcontractor working with the contractor to ensure that this role is correctly reported in line with employment or self-employment rules.

When we prepare your business accounts and self-assessment tax return, we always ensure that you are gaining credit for all of the CIS tax deducted by your contractor and this is part of our analysis of your invoices and payments received.

We will look after your CIS position to ensure that you receive credit for all CIS tax that has been deducted from your invoices and ensure that your own self assessment reporting is correct.

Get in touch to discuss.

Speak to us today to discuss the solutions we can provide for the management of your Construction Industry Scheme reporting.

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