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Construction guides for United Kingdom contractors

32 guides written against United Kingdom rules, not translated from somewhere else. Every one of them ends somewhere you can act.

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The dates that cost UK contractors money

One email a month. The VAT reverse charge, Construction VAT rate and CIS deduction arithmetic this site already does for you, the dates it turns on, and every new guide the day it goes up.

  • VAT reverse charge calculator: Six conditions decide whether you charge VAT at all. Answer them and the page builds the invoice, CIS deduction and all.
  • Construction VAT rate checker: Not every job is 20%. New dwellings are zero rated and a two-year empty home is 5%, with the conditions each rate depends on.
  • Every new guide the day it goes up. 32 are live for UK right now, the most recent being "Set up a UK company" on 20 August 2026.

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