HMRC-registered CIS specialists for Colchester subcontractors and contractors across CO1 to CO4. Quick refund filing, monthly CIS300 returns and gross payment status, on a fixed monthly fee.
20% is deducted from every CIS invoice before your expenses are counted. Most subcontractors are owed a refund. Three numbers, instant estimate — no signup.
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Colchester is one of the fastest-growing towns in the East, and the trades have plenty on. The Northern Gateway development, the steady housing growth across CO1 to CO4, the garrison and university estates, and the everyday run of extensions and refurbishments keep plumbers, carpenters, electricians and groundworkers busy — with subbies often travelling across north Essex and down towards Chelmsford and London. CIS still takes its cut first: 20% (or 30% unverified) off every payment, so most Colchester trades are owed a refund by the year end.
We handle CIS in full for Colchester trades: same-day refund filing, monthly CIS300 returns, verification, gross payment status applications, and a Self-Assessment that captures every allowable cost. Fixed monthly fee, filed from 6 April so the refund lands early.
💡 As an HMRC-registered agent, we deal with HMRC directly on your behalf — filing monthly returns, processing refund claims and handling verifications. Same-day filing available from 6 April for the fastest refund.
What We Handle
Self-Assessment filed within 24–48 hours of 6 April with every legitimate expense captured. HMRC refunds typically arrive 4–6 weeks later.
Full monthly CIS300 returns filed direct to HMRC for Colchester contractors paying subcontractors. Verification handled, deduction statements produced, late-filing penalties avoided.
We verify your subcontractors with HMRC before you pay them, so the correct rate — gross, 20% or 30% — is applied from the very first payment.
For established Colchester subcontractors who pass the turnover, compliance and business tests, we prepare and submit gross payment status applications so you are paid without deduction.
A simple phone app logs tools, fuel, materials, PPE and CSCS renewals as you go — so nothing is lost and nothing is a scramble next April.
Behind on Self-Assessment or CIS returns? We bring you current and put your case to HMRC, asking for penalty reductions where there is a reasonable excuse.
Refund claims can be made for up to four previous tax years. Plenty of Colchester subcontractors are sitting on several years' worth without realising it. Book a free call and we'll scope out exactly what's recoverable.
📅 Get Your Free Backdated CIS ReviewWorked Example
Take a self-employed plumber and heating engineer on new housing and domestic work across the town. He invoices about £36,000 gross, with roughly £7,200 deducted under CIS before he is paid.
Captured properly: mileage between jobs across north Essex, a press kit and power tools, fittings and consumables bought by the job, PPE, his CSCS card and a Gas Safe renewal, materials he fronted, and the business share of his phone and van. Against £7,200 of deductions that base routinely returns a strong four-figure refund, filed in April.
This is an illustrative example to show how a claim is built — your own figures depend entirely on your earnings, deductions and expenses, and we confirm them with you before anything is filed.
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No obligation, no jargon — just a straight conversation about your CIS position, the refund you should be expecting, and how fast we can file it.
Office: 020 8050 4564 | Email: info@yourtaxhelp.co.uk