Client Story
How we got a Hanwell CIS bricklayer £5,300 back across two years
Client M is a self-employed bricklayer working CIS for contractors on sites across West London and the Thames Valley. He'd had 20% deducted at source for two years and filed basic returns himself without claiming most of his legitimate expenses, leaving significant refunds unclaimed.
We reconstructed his expenses from bank statements and receipts: van costs (mileage method across his various sites), tools and equipment, PPE, materials he supplied, phone proportion, CSCS card and training, and accountancy. We re-filed both years' self-assessments claiming his personal allowance and the full legitimate expenses against the CIS-deducted income.
Total outcome: refund of £5,300 across the two years after proper expense claims, and a clean ongoing process where Client M photographs receipts as he buys them and we file his refund promptly each year.