§ FOR — CONSTRUCTION & TRADE CONTRACTORS
One stamp per sub-contractor. Filed against the project. Unbreakable evidence trail.
CIS sub-contractor onboarding mixes VAT status, gross status, and Reverse Charge — get any wrong and HMRC pulls the file.
For: commercial managers, QS, CIS administrators
★ COUNTERSURE ★GBCONSTRUCT2026-04-16VERIFIED
§ 02 — THE FLOW
01
New sub-contractor onboards via Countersure form
02
VAT verified live against HMRC
03
Reverse Charge applicability flagged automatically
04
PDF lives in project folder for the duration
§ RISK NOTE
Domestic Reverse Charge errors trigger HMRC enquiries and CIS filing penalties.
“We onboard 40+ subbies per project. Countersure made it boring — exactly what we wanted.”
— Construction & Trade Contractors, anonymised