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The rules you have to work to
Plain explanations of the UK regulations, deadlines and pricing decisions that decide whether a construction business makes money. Written for contractors, with the statute cited, and useful whether or not you ever buy anything from us.
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CIS gross payment status: how to get it, and how firms lose it
Being paid gross is worth a great deal in cash flow. Three tests get you there and one late VAT return can take it away.
6 May 20266 min CISCIS tax months explained: why the 6th to the 5th matters
A payment dated the 3rd belongs to last month’s return. Get the tax month wrong and you file two returns incorrectly instead of one.
28 April 20266 min CISHow CIS deductions are calculated, and why materials are excluded
Take 20% off the whole invoice and you have underpaid your subcontractor. The deduction runs on the labour element only — here is the arithmetic, with examples.
21 April 20266 minBuilt for the way UK contractors actually work
Estimating, quoting, job management, timesheets, invoicing, CIS and site safety — with an offline field mode that installs to a phone and keeps working with no signal.