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Compare a salary against a freelance rate properly. A £55,000 salary costs an employer £64,150 once National Insurance and pension…
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Work out your day rate from what you need and the days you can really bill. A normal freelance year…
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Free Accounting Resources for UK Building Trades
Every free calculator, workbook, checklist and guide we have built for contractors, subcontractors and sole trader builders. CIS, the VAT…
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Ask an Accountant: Construction
The questions contractors and subcontractors actually ask about CIS, the reverse charge, retention and going limited: the short answer first,…
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Checklists
Construction and Trade Glossary
The words the building trade uses differently and the ones only construction has, from CIS and the reverse charge to…
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Pricing a Job for Profit
Day rates worked back from what you need, markup against margin, variations, retention and cash. Why profitable trades run out…
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E-Books
The VAT Reverse Charge for Construction
What the domestic reverse charge is, when it applies, and what it took out of your working capital in March…
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E-Books
CIS Explained
The Construction Industry Scheme from both sides, for the contractor deducting and the subcontractor deducted from. Eight chapters covering verification,…
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E-Books
The Trade’s UK Tax Handbook
Everything the tax system does to a building business, in ten chapters on 2026/27 rates. Status, CIS, the reverse charge,…
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Checklists
Year-End Checklist for Trades
Six sections and two hours, a third of it before the date. Work in progress, retention and CIS suffered, which…
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