Experts in CIS for Recruitment Agencies

If you're a recruitment agency in the construction space, you'll want to partner with a specialist CIS payroll company to keep yourself protected.

Subbie Reclassification Protection
Payroll Made On Time Every Time
Zero Risk Of Employment Tribunals
Expert CIS Support and Advice

Keeping Your Recruitment Agency CIS Compliant

In a worst-case scenario, HMRC can hit non-compliant businesses with huge fines that may seriously damage your company’s finances. With the support of Contractwise, you do not need to worry about this as we work as specialists when it comes to CIS for recruitment agencies keeping contractors, subcontractors and recruitment agencies compliant and protected from HMRC and construction operations working.

CIS Compliance is always our top priority, and we take a bespoke approach to every customer we work with to ensure you get the support you need. Our expert team has a thorough knowledge of employment laws and all CIS regulations and can help ensure your recruitment agency or umbrella company is always on the right side of the legislation. 

If you’re looking to recruit construction workers anywhere in the UK, contact Contractwise today. Our friendly team of experts will be happy to help on CIS for recruitment agencies and by letting us handle compliance aspects, you'll be able to focus on recruiting those much needed qualified candidates for the construction company you're working with.   

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Our CIS Recruitment Agency services include:

  • A free compliance audit

  • Full CIS compliance
  • Protection from HMRC reclassification
  • Support with employment tribunals
  • CIS reporting and payroll calculations
  • IR35 liability advice
  • Holiday and sick pay claims
  • Legislation updates that ensure you’re always compliant
  • Free contract drafting
  • Free payment software
  • CIS tax returns

What Is CIS

First introduced in 1971, the Construction Industry Scheme (more commonly known as CIS), was set up by HMRC as a way to effectively collect tax payments from self-employed people within the construction industry. This was to prevent tax evasion and ensure all construction workers were paid correctly.

The majority of workers within the construction industry must be registered with CIS. For a contractor, it's mandatory whereas for a subcontractor it's a choice. However, a subcontractor who is unregistered will have a 30% CIS deduction automatically taken from their earnings, whereas for those with a registered CIS status it's only 20%.

Recruitment agencies that work in the construction industry should be CIS-registered to ensure they are compliant with HMRC.

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Calculate the penalties if HMRC decides your subbies are employees

With HMRC carrying out tens of thousands of new investigations each month, there is a high risk of big fines and penalties if your contracts are not satisfactory, or you have not fully understood the ever changing complexities of CIS (Construction Industry Scheme).

Average number of subcontractors?
0 100
Number of years you have used subcontractors?
0 6
Average weekly pay?
0 10,000

Contractors

Eliminating reclassification risk by HMRC with CIS compliance and seamless payroll, every time.

Subcontractors

Ensure you’re paid correctly on time, every time as well as benefiting from our expert guidance and resources.

Agencies

Keep your construction staff compliant with CIS deductions and protect yourself from HMRC fines.

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What our customers say

  • Contract Wise has streamlined our payroll operations and also boosted our confidence in compliance. A reliable partner for any construction business navigating CIS. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Jake A - Managing Director

We Guarantee

Protection from HMRC reclassifing your subbies as employees.

If HMRC were to reclassify just one self-employed subbie as an employee with an average weekly pay of £1,000, the liability would surpass £9,500 in a year.

For a group of 15 self-employed subbies, this liability would escalate to over £136,000. These staggering amounts exclude potential HMRC fines, unpaid interest charges, or legal costs associated with challenging HMRC.