We explain cis tax refunds in plain English, handle it correctly, and make sure you claim every relief you are entitled to, all at a fixed fee.
CIS Tax Refunds
Subcontractors in the Construction Industry Scheme usually have 20 per cent (or 30 per cent) deducted from their pay, which often exceeds their actual tax bill once expenses and allowances are taken into account, meaning most are owed a refund each year.
We prepare your Self Assessment, claim every allowable expense and your personal allowance against the CIS tax already deducted, and recover the refund you are owed, usually a substantial sum, quickly and correctly.
Because CIS deducts a flat percentage before expenses and allowances, most subcontractors have overpaid by the year end, and a properly prepared return claiming tools, travel, materials and other costs typically produces a significant refund.
The Detail That Matters
Subcontractors in the Construction Industry Scheme usually have 20% (or 30%) deducted from their pay, which often exceeds their actual tax once expenses and allowances are counted. Most CIS subcontractors are owed a refund each year.
CIS deducts a flat 20% (or 30% if unverified) from your pay before any expenses or personal allowance. Because that is more than most subcontractors actually owe once expenses and the £12,570 allowance are applied, an overpayment builds up.
You claim the refund by filing a Self Assessment that sets your allowable expenses and personal allowance against the CIS tax already deducted, producing a repayment.
Tools, travel and mileage, materials, insurance, protective clothing, phone and more all reduce your taxable profit and increase the refund. We make sure nothing allowable is missed.
We prepare and file the return promptly and accurately, so your refund comes through quickly and without HMRC queries.
Most CIS subcontractors are owed a refund because tax is deducted before expenses and allowances, yet many under-claim expenses or file late, leaving part of the refund unclaimed.
Key Figures
How We Help
We claim all your allowable costs, tools, travel, materials, insurance, protective clothing, against your income, maximising your refund.
We set your personal allowance and expenses against the CIS tax already deducted, recovering the overpayment as a refund.
We prepare and file your return promptly and correctly, so your refund comes through quickly and without HMRC queries.
All the forms, calculations and correspondence handled on your behalf, so you never have to decode HMRC's rules or sit on hold.
A clear fixed fee quoted after a free call, your position explained in plain English, and never a surprise bill.
We act quickly, and where earlier years are involved we put those right too, reclaiming refunds or minimising penalties.
Most CIS subcontractors are owed a refund because tax is deducted before expenses and allowances, yet many under-claim or file late. A properly prepared return recovers the full refund, which we handle for you.
Recent Client Outcome
A CIS subcontractor had 20% deducted all year and was unsure how much, if any, he could reclaim.
What we did. We prepared his Self Assessment, claimed his tools, travel, materials and other allowable costs plus his personal allowance against the CIS deducted.
The outcome. We recovered a substantial refund, filed quickly and accepted by HMRC without query.
Claiming every allowable cost against the CIS deducted recovered the overpayment he was owed.
Why People Come to Us
Questions Answered
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