Tell us your CIS status
Updated 2026-09-05
Tell us your CIS status
If you work as a subcontractor under the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS), contractors deduct tax from your payments before you're paid. Telling BusyBee Hub your CIS status means we record the right deduction rate automatically.
1. Go to Settings → Organisation.
2. Under CIS status, choose the option that matches your situation with HMRC:
- Registered, contractors deduct 20% from your payments.
- Not registered, contractors deduct 30% from your payments.
- Gross payment, you're paid in full, with no deduction, and you handle the tax yourself through Self Assessment.
3. Save your change. This updates how new invoices calculate the deduction shown to contractors, and how your CIS summary adds up.
If your status with HMRC changes, come back here and update it; past invoices already recorded keep the deduction rate that applied when you created them.
Once CIS is on, invoices to contractors show the deduction and the amount payable, and the CIS page in your sidebar keeps track of every deduction and statement.
