Scheme setup
Support with the information needed for contractor registration and a practical starting checklist before subcontractors are paid.
Construction Industry Scheme
Keep every payment.
Keep every detail.
CIS administration that connects subcontractor records, verifications, deductions, statements and monthly returns.
Discuss your CIS needs
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CIS for contractors
A reliable monthly process from site record to HMRC return.
We help construction contractors organise the scheme’s recurring administrative steps while keeping responsibilities and approval points visible.
Subcontractor records
Organised details for businesses and individuals, their verification position, payment records and relevant labour/material splits.
Period controls
Clear cut-offs for payment information, checks, corrections and approval before the return is submitted.
Verification & deductions
Apply the result to the right payment base.
HMRC verification determines whether a subcontractor is paid gross or with a 20% or 30% deduction. The calculation then needs the correct treatment of labour, materials and other relevant amounts.
Status matters. CIS registration does not make a worker self-employed. Employment status depends on the actual working arrangements and must be considered separately.
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Gross paymentWhere HMRC confirms gross payment status.
- 20%
RegisteredThe standard registered subcontractor deduction rate.
- 30%
UnregisteredWhere the subcontractor cannot be verified as registered.
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Returns & statements
Close each tax month with the records aligned.
CIS returns are generally due by the 19th after the tax month. Payment and deduction statements must also reach subcontractors within the required timetable.
Read HMRC’s current CIS return guidanceMonthly return preparation
Payments, relevant deductions and subcontractor records assembled for review and agreed submission.
Nil activity handling
Clear action when no subcontractors were paid, including the appropriate nil return or inactivity process within scope.
Deduction statements
Payment and deduction statements prepared from the final period data for issue to subcontractors.
Record reconciliation
Period totals brought back to supporting payment records so gaps and corrections remain visible.
CIS for subcontractors
Understand the deductions that have already been made.
We can discuss registration, statement reconciliation and the correct reporting route for CIS deductions suffered, based on whether you trade as a sole trader, partnership or limited company.
- CIS registration support
- Deduction statement reconciliation
- Gross payment status readiness
- Reporting route review