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How exposed are you?

15 quick questions: 3 about who you pay, 12 about how you check them. You get a score, your top 3 risks, what each could cost and one thing to do this week.

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About you, 1 of 3Who do you mostly pay under CIS?
About you, 2 of 3Do you also supply workers or labour to other contractors?
About you, 3 of 3 (you can skip this one)Roughly how many subcontractors do you pay in a month?
Question 1 of 12Do you verify every new subcontractor with HMRC before you pay them for the first time?
Question 2 of 12Do you verify again anyone who has not been on your CIS returns this tax year or the last 2?
Question 3 of 12Do you keep a record of every verification: the date, the verification number and the rate HMRC gave?
Question 4 of 12Before a company starts, do you check it is real and active on Companies House?
Question 5 of 12Do you write down why you chose each subcontractor and what you checked?
Question 6 of 12When a price looks too good to be true, do you stop and ask why before you agree?
Question 7 of 12Do you look harder at labour only chains, where your subcontractor passes the work on?
Question 8 of 12Do you check before paying a new or changed bank account, or one not in the subcontractor's name?
Question 9 of 12Do you look harder at very new companies, or ones whose directors keep changing?
Question 10 of 12Do you file your CIS monthly return on time every month?
Question 11 of 12Do you keep invoices, deductions and materials costs for at least 3 years after the tax year ends?
Question 12 of 12Do you check each worker is genuinely self employed, not an employee?
About you, 1 of 3
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Why these questions

Each one comes from a duty you already have as a CIS contractor, or from a warning sign HMRC's guidance names. The ones that matter most count for more in your score.

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