CIS accounting software

Get confident about CIS

Crystal-clear deductions, automated monthly workflows and tidy records for all your Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) contractor and subcontractor clients.

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CIS, sorted

Give your contractor and subcontractor clients workflows that keep their deductions, statements and records connected.

Record CIS income

Create CIS invoices or explain contractor payments directly from bank transactions, with deductions tracked in FreeAgent.

Manage contractor CIS

Record CIS bills, view monthly CIS300 return information and create payment and deduction statements for subcontractors.

All your clients in one place

Keep CIS clients visible alongside your wider client base with dashboard, deadline and workflow visibility.

Scale with automation

Use bank feeds, Smart Capture, bulk reconsent and Making Tax Digital (MTD) workflows to reduce repeat admin across clients.

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Workflows for every construction client

Whether clients deduct CIS or suffer CIS deductions, FreeAgent helps keep records, statements and monthly work connected.

Keep CIS income and deductions clear

Support subcontractor clients whether they raise invoices in FreeAgent or simply receive payments from contractors.

  • Streamlined invoicing and income: create compliant CIS invoices - clearly separating labour, materials, and deductions - and easily explain contractor payments directly from your bank transactions.
  • Centralised deduction tracking: track all CIS deductions suffered within FreeAgent without a separate spreadsheet.
  • Automated tax compliance: automatically carry deduction figures where they need to go, either into MTD for Income Tax for sole traders or offsetting them against payroll liabilities for limited companies.

CIS software that scales with your practice

Designed to handle anything from just a couple of CIS clients to a full CIS client roster.

  • Bulk quarterly update filing and automated filing workflows take away repetitive MTD admin.
  • The Tax Timeline always keeps client deadlines visible inside the wider practice workflow.
  • Bulk bank feed reconsent and Smart Capture make sure your admin doesn’t grow along with your client base.

Try a live CIS demo

This live, interactive demo of CIS in FreeAgent can show you exactly how everything works - no sign-up needed.

The bottom line for practices managing CIS

  • Support contractor and subcontractor CIS clients in one product.
  • Create CIS invoices or record CIS income directly from bank transactions.
  • Automatically track CIS deductions suffered for subcontractor clients.
  • Automatically carry sole trader CIS deductions into MTD for Income Tax.
  • Automatically offset CIS deductions against payroll liabilities for limited companies.
  • Record CIS bills with clear treatment for labour, materials and deductions.
  • View, prepare and export monthly the CIS300 return.
  • Create and send payment and deduction statements to subcontractors.
  • Manage CIS alongside the domestic VAT reverse charge.
  • Use practice-wide tools like dashboard visibility, Tax Timeline, bank feeds, Smart Capture, bulk reconsent and MTD filing workflows to manage CIS clients at scale.

Don’t let CIS admin slow you down

Support contractor and subcontractor clients with clearer records, fewer workarounds and less manual chasing.

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