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Verifying subcontractors

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Before a contractor can make a payment to a subcontractor for construction work, they may need to verify with HMRC that the subcontractor is registered.

See CIS 340 section 1.8, 3.2-3.15.

There are two ways to handle the subcontractor verification process in Coins ERP+:

  • Offline verification.

  • Electronic verification.

You can only pay a subcontractor who has been verified with HMRC (unless they are outside the scope of the scheme or covered by the transitional rules). A subcontractor who has been verified will be either:

  • unmatched - in which case you must pay them at the higher rate of deduction (30%); or.

  • matched - in which case their tax treatment (as advised by HMRC) tells you whether to pay them gross or at the lower rate of deduction (20%).

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