Contractor payroll
Contractors, subcontractors and getting the status right
The payroll is the straightforward part. Deciding how each person should be engaged and taxed is where the risk sits.
Overview
An honest position on status.
Contractor arrangements bring questions about employment status, off-payroll working rules and CIS. These decisions carry real financial consequences and they depend on the specific facts of each engagement.
We will process a contractor payroll accurately, apply CIS deductions correctly and give you clean records. What we will not do is tell you a determination is straightforward when it is not — status decisions should be taken with your accountant or a specialist adviser, and we will say so rather than guess.
- Contractor and subcontractor payments
- CIS verification with HMRC
- CIS deductions applied at the correct rate
- Monthly CIS returns
- Payment and deduction statements issued
- Gross, standard and higher-rate deduction handling
- PAYE where the engagement is employment
- Mixed workforces of employees and subcontractors
- Records kept to support status positions
- Reporting for your accountant
- Year-end documentation
- A named contact who understands your arrangement
What we do and do not decide
The line, stated plainly.
You should know exactly where our responsibility ends and your adviser's begins.
We verify
Subcontractors verified with HMRC before payment.
We deduct
CIS applied at the rate HMRC returns for that subcontractor.
We file
Monthly CIS returns submitted and statements issued.
We record
Documentation kept so a position can be evidenced later.
We flag
Where an arrangement looks like employment, we raise it with you.
You determine
Status and off-payroll decisions rest with you and your adviser.
Next step
Get a contractor payroll quote
Tell us how your workforce is engaged and how many people are involved, and we will come back with a written proposal.
Get a payroll quote
Three steps. We price on what your payroll actually involves, not a headcount guess.
Your payroll enquiry has been received.
We will review your requirements and come back with a written quote and a proposed switching timetable. If your next pay run is at risk, call us and say so.
Questions
Common questions
Yes. We verify subcontractors with HMRC, apply the correct deduction rate, produce payment and deduction statements and file the monthly returns.
We can tell you when an arrangement has the features that usually indicate employment, and we will raise it if we see it. We are not going to give you a determination — that depends on the detail of the engagement and should be taken with your accountant or a specialist. Getting it wrong is expensive, so it deserves proper advice.
Yes. Many construction and trade businesses have both. They are processed under the correct treatment for each individual, with reporting that keeps the two clearly separated.
Everything Managed. Nothing Overlooked.
Everything managed. Nothing overlooked.
One accountable team across property, payroll, people and contracts.