Feb 16 2007
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has now published factsheets in a number of languages, to help subcontractors when the New Construction Industry Scheme (New CIS) starts on 6 April 2007. These are available on the HMRC website.
The factsheets have been translated into Albanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovakian and Turkish.
Doug Tweddle, HMRC New CIS Programme Sponsor, said:
"All sub-contractors in the construction industry need to know how the changes after 6 April will affect them; both in terms of their employment status when they are taken on by a contractor and how they are paid.
"We recognise that a growing proportion of construction industry subcontractors do not have English as a first language and we are pleased to be able to help them understand the new arrangements by making available factsheets in a language they will be fluent in".
The factsheets that have been translated are:
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CIS 342 - Registering for New CIS - advice for subcontractors
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CIS 343 - Applying to be paid gross - advice for subcontractors
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CIS 344 - Getting paid by a contractor - advice for subcontractors