Most construction businesses will be categorised as both a contractor and sub-contractor and awareness of the differing obligations of each role is essential.

 

Contractors and sub-contractors who fail to comply with the CIS guidance outlined by HMRC are vulnerable to:

 

• penalties
• interest
• tax
• liabilities
• wasted management time in rectifying errors and in responding to compliance checks if HMRC discover inaccuracies
• revocation of gross payment status
• HMRC compliance checks

 

Contractors can be penalised for the following:

 

• late returns
• late payments
• incorrect returns
• deliberately providing incorrect information
• failing to produce records when asked to
• failing to give pay deduction statements to subcontractors

 

 

The penalty depends on the frequency and severity of the offence. Penalties can be reduced through unprompted and prompted disclosures.

 

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