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CIS Tax Returns · West London

CIS tax returns in Harmondsworth

CIS tax returns for construction businesses in Harmondsworth: monthly returns for contractors at £30 a month, annual returns with refund claims for subcontractors at £149, and gross payment status applications at £199. Everything is done online and the fee is the same in Harmondsworth as in every other part of England.

from £30/mo · fixed, per month

Next deadlines

  • VAT return and payment for the quarter that ended last month
  • CIS monthly return and deduction statements to subcontractors
  • PAYE and National Insurance for last month paid to HMRC (electronic)
  • VAT return and payment for the quarter that ended last month

Who this is for

CIS Tax Returns for Harmondsworth

Construction businesses in Harmondsworth on either side of the scheme: sole trader and limited company subcontractors with 20% or 30% deductions to reclaim, contractors who pay subcontractors and must file monthly, businesses that do both, and established subcontractors with turnover high enough to apply for gross payment status and stop deductions altogether.

What is included

Everything inside the fixed fee

  • Subcontractor verification with HMRC and the correct deduction rate (20%, 30% or gross) applied each time
  • Monthly CIS300 return filed by the 19th with deduction statements issued to every subcontractor
  • Subcontractor annual Self Assessment with CIS deductions reclaimed and the refund chased with HMRC
  • Gross payment status application prepared with the turnover, compliance and business tests evidenced
  • Domestic reverse charge VAT checked on every CIS invoice in both directions
  • CIS deductions offset against PAYE for limited company subcontractors through the EPS each month

How it works

CIS Tax Returns from Harmondsworth, step by step

  1. Tell us your situation

    A short message or call about what you do and what needs filing. We ask the questions that determine the right package and nothing more.

  2. Fixed fee in writing

    You receive one price for the work, confirmed by email before anything starts. It does not change if the job takes longer than we expected.

  3. Send records, review the draft

    Records come by WhatsApp or email. We prepare the draft, explain the figures in plain English and answer your questions.

  4. We file, you get the receipts

    Once you approve and the fee is settled, we submit electronically and forward the HMRC or Companies House acknowledgement the same day.

Why IGI

The IGI way of working, in Harmondsworth

The price for cis tax returns is published on this page and is what a client in Harmondsworth pays. We confirm it in writing first, and the invoice matches the quote.

Deadline-first: the dates that matter for cis tax returns are shown at the top of this page, diarised for every Harmondsworth client and chased before they arrive.

No appointments, no travel across West London, no parking. Everything for cis tax returns in Harmondsworth happens online, with a real person on the other end during UK working hours.

You get one contact for cis tax returns, not a queue. Harmondsworth clients message the same person throughout and get an answer in working hours, usually within a few hours.

Plain English, with the numbers. Every draft for Harmondsworth comes with a short explanation of what the figures mean and what, if anything, you should do about them.

You stay in control of cis tax returns: drafts go to Harmondsworth clients first, with the figures explained, and nothing leaves us until you say so.

Local facts

About Harmondsworth

Harmondsworth is in West London, within Hillingdon, in the UB7 postcode district, England. Income tax in England follows the UK rates: 20% basic to £50,270, 40% higher to £125,140 and 45% additional, with the personal allowance of £12,570 tapered away above £100,000. National Insurance, VAT and Corporation Tax are UK-wide, and Stamp Duty Land Tax applies to property purchases.

Nearby places we also serve for cis tax returns
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Sipson0.8 miE
Longford, Hillingdon0.8 miSW
Heathrow Villages1 miSE
West Drayton1 miN
Thorney, Buckinghamshire1 miNW
Heathrow2 miSE
Yiewsley2 miN
Harlington, Hillingdon2 miE

Worth knowing

Rules that come up in this work

Confirmation statements and identity verification

The confirmation statement is the annual check that the public register is right: officers, registered office, SIC codes, shareholders and the PSC register. It carries a £50 fee and no financial penalty for lateness, but failure to file leads to compulsory strike-off. The identity verification regime introduced in November 2025 has added a further check to every statement.

CIS deductions

Under the Construction Industry Scheme, contractors deduct 20% from a registered subcontractor's labour invoices, or 30% if unregistered, and pay it to HMRC. The subcontractor reclaims the deductions against their actual tax through Self Assessment, usually producing a refund because deductions are on turnover while tax is on profit. Contractors file a monthly return by the 19th.

The Self Assessment calendar

The tax year runs from 6 April to 5 April. Anyone new to Self Assessment must register by 5 October after the end of the tax year in which their untaxed income began. The online return and the balancing payment are due by 31 January, with a second payment on account on 31 July where they apply. Paper returns have an earlier deadline of 31 October and are rarely sensible.

Payments on account

If your Self Assessment bill exceeds £1,000 and less than 80% of your tax was collected at source, HMRC asks for two advance payments towards the following year, each half of the current bill, due 31 January and 31 July. The first year this happens the January payment is effectively one and a half times the bill. We model it in advance and show you how to reduce the payments if income is falling.

Late filing penalties

Lateness is expensive in a way that compounds. For individuals, £100 immediately, then daily penalties, then percentage-based ones at six and twelve months, with interest running on unpaid tax throughout. For companies, Companies House penalties scale with delay and double on repeat, and HMRC adds its own for a late CT600. Filing on time is the cheapest tax planning there is.

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax

MTD for Income Tax replaces one annual return with quarterly digital updates and a year-end declaration, submitted from software. The threshold is gross trading and property income, measured two years earlier, and started at £50,000 in April 2026 before falling to £30,000 in April 2027. Anyone affected needs digital record keeping in place before their start date, not after.

The VAT registration threshold

The £90,000 VAT threshold is measured over any twelve consecutive months, which is why a strong quarter can tip a business over unexpectedly. Registration must follow within thirty days of the end of the month the threshold was crossed. Below the threshold, voluntary registration is worth considering when customers are VAT-registered businesses and costs carry VAT.

Questions

CIS Tax Returns questions from Harmondsworth

Can my CIS deductions be set against my VAT or other taxes?

For sole traders, no; CIS deductions are credited against your income tax and Class 4 National Insurance through Self Assessment, with the excess refunded. For companies, deductions are offset against PAYE and CIS owed, and the remaining balance is repaid by HMRC after the year end or, on request, set against Corporation Tax.

I have not filed for several years. Can you catch me up?

Yes. Late Self Assessment returns can be filed for the last four tax years to reclaim CIS deductions, and HMRC will offset refunds against any penalties. We quote a fixed fee for the set based on the number of years and reconcile each year's statements. The sooner this is done the more years remain claimable.

What counts as construction work under CIS?

Site preparation, building, alteration, repair, decoration, demolition, and installing systems such as heating, lighting and water. Professional work such as architecture and surveying, scaffolding hire without labour, and carpet fitting are outside the scheme. Mixed contracts fall within it entirely. We check borderline cases against HMRC's list.

What records do I need to keep for CIS?

Subcontractors: every deduction statement, invoices and bank records. Contractors: verification references, gross payments, materials costs, deductions made and the statements issued, for at least three years. Missing deduction statements are the most common reason refunds are delayed, so we help you obtain copies from contractors.

What does the £149 subcontractor return include?

Your full Self Assessment with the self-employment pages, every CIS deduction statement reconciled to your income, allowable expenses claimed, the refund calculated and the return filed. We then track the repayment with HMRC, which usually arrives within two to six weeks of filing in the quieter months.

How much CIS refund can I expect?

It depends on your profit and expenses. Deductions are 20% of the labour element of your invoices; tax is only due on profit after expenses and the £12,570 personal allowance, with Class 4 National Insurance on top. Many subcontractors earning under £35,000 get back several thousand pounds. We give you the figure before filing.

Which deadlines matter most for cis tax returns?

The next four dates that apply to cis tax returns are shown at the top of this page, calculated from today. For Harmondsworth clients we diarise every one of them from the day you join and send reminders before each, so the work is done in good time rather than in the last week before a penalty.

How do I get started from Harmondsworth?

Message us on WhatsApp or email with a sentence about your business and what you need. We reply in working hours with any questions and a fixed fee for cis tax returns. Once you confirm, we tell you exactly which records to send and the work begins. Most Harmondsworth clients are set up within a day.

Ready to fix your fee in Harmondsworth?

Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.

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