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Information for suppliers and procurers on how to avoid bid rigging and other anti-competitive practices in construction.
Guidance documents and tools to help with the design and construction of school and further education college buildings and grounds.
Learn more about paying tax and record keeping for the Construction Industry Scheme if you’re a contractor or subcontractor.
The Building Safety Fund (BSF) provides funding to fix life safety fire risks associated with cladding in buildings over 18 metres high. This guide explains the process.
Find technical information about the VAT reverse charge if you buy or sell building and construction services.
Use this guidance and the examples included to help you if you are a contractor or subcontractor within the Construction Industry Scheme.
The programme was established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe – and feel safe – now, and in the future.
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
Find out about the reverse charge for supplies of services reported within the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS).
What you have to do under the Construction Industry Scheme if you're a contractor - registering, filing returns, paying subcontractors and keeping records.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
VAT refunds on building new homes and conversions - how to claim, application form and guidance notes
The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.
A new government equity loan for people who want to self build or custom build their own home.
VAT rates for building work, including plumbers, plasterers and carpenters - new houses and flats, work for disabled people, energy saving, grant-funded heating, conversions and renovations, properties that are not homes
What subcontractors in the building industry must do under the Construction Industry Scheme - registering, record keeping, applying for gross payment status and reporting business changes
The U1 exemption allows you to use suitable waste in construction as a recovery activity.
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