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Construction Industry Scheme

07 April 2021      Julia Ascott, Employment Taxes Specialist

HMRC guidance Construction Industry Scheme: CIS 340 has been updated again to reflect the perceived abuse in the industry, subject to the enactment of Finance Act 2021.  Changes were set out in the policy paper Changes to tackle Construction Industry Scheme abuse in March and include:

  • HMRC will be able to amend the CIS deduction claimed by subcontractors on their RTI (via EPS)
  • Clarification that it is only where the subcontractor directly incurs cost of materials that the cost is not subject to CIS deductions
  • Deemed contractors – organisations incurring significant construction expenditure will have to determine, on a more regular basis rather than just at the year end, their costs to assess whether they will exceed £3 million in the prior 12 months
  • Increase in scope of penalties - supplying false information or encouraging/asserting pressure on others to do the same will incur penalties

BUFDG will be looking further into the deemed contractor changes above and produce a paper for our members on potential risks to the HE sector.



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