Being paid through CIS - Construction Industry Scheme for tax purposes

[maybelateron]

On 07/05/2025 at 09:21, doobin said:

Register for gross status (if your business is of good standing with hmrc) and they can then pay you in full. 

This is what I did in the past, and made it clear to any construction firm I quoted for that I would expect payment in full. Only reason is that is made my accounting easier.

Going off at a tangent, I have quoted for work today for a domestic customer who wants some work doing on overhanging vegetation from the adjacent unoccupied house which is owned by the HS2 project. I explained that he could try to claim it back from such a big organisation, but he would have to pay me for the work.

[Tree monkey 1682]

Just get a decent book keeper, and yes you do get tax rebates if you do enough site work.... 

[andy ellis]

ive worked on loads of sites that have tried it and I just tell them to pay me in full as I'm not on that scheme and they always do