Proactive Tax Planning Before Year End
Most construction firms only speak to their accountant about tax once the year has closed, by which point the bill is a fact rather than a decision. We hold a planning conversation before your year end date, while profit extraction, capital purchases, and pension contributions can still be structured to your advantage, not filled in on a return afterwards.
- Construction Tax Planning Specialists
- Proactive, Not Reactive
£3.1m+
CIS Recovered
100 %
HMRC & MTD Ready
50+
Five-Star Reviews
Construction
Tax EXPERTS
Fixed Fee
No hidden charges
HMRC Compliance
Who We Are
Accountants who plan before the year closes, not accountants who file after it
The mix of salary, dividends, pension, and director’s loan that suited you at £600,000 of turnover is rarely right once you’re at £3 million, yet most firms never revisit it until the bill arrives. We hold a planning meeting before your year end while the decisions are still live, and come back with clear options for what each one does to the company and to you personally.
A profit extraction plan reviewed against your current turnover and structure
Options presented before the year closes, not a return filled in afterwards
An Honest View on R&D and Business Structure
Most construction firms don’t have an R&D claim, and we’ll say so
Construction has been hit hard by firms sold R&D claims that shouldn’t have been made, since a difficult site or standard groundworks isn’t research, only a genuine technical advance in method or material qualifies. We give you a straight answer on whether there’s a real claim, review a claim someone else has already submitted if asked, and look at whether your current business structure, trading company, property, and plant ownership, still fits what you now own and earn.
100%
CIS Compliance Rate
Timing Capital Spend and Claiming What You’ve Already Bought
Where plant and vehicle spend falls between one year and the next changes what relief you get
A capital purchase falls into one accounting period or the next depending on the invoice date, so where the spend was happening anyway, timing it around your year end moves the relief with it, though buying kit you didn’t need purely to save tax is a poor trade. We also check capital allowances against everything you already own, since fit-out works and eligible plant often sit in the accounts wrongly recorded as repairs.
Capital spend timing reviewed against your year end date
Capital allowances checked against existing assets, including spend currently written off as repairs
Common Pain Points
Why Construction Tax Bills Come as a Surprise
Most construction tax planning problems come from a small set of recurring, fixable causes.
Planning Only Happens After the Year Closes
Once the year has ended, most of the useful options, profit extraction, timing capital spend, pension contributions, have already gone
Profit Extraction Never Revisited as the Business Grows
The salary, dividend, and pension mix that worked at a lower turnover is rarely reviewed once the business has scaled significantly.
Capital Allowances Missed on Existing Assets
Plant, vehicles, and fit-out works often sit in the accounts recorded as repairs, with eligible allowances going unclaimed.
Speculative R&D Claims Submitted Without a Real Technical Case
Claims sold on a percentage basis for standard groundworks or difficult sites rarely hold up and expose the business to HMRC challenge.
Business Structure Not Matched to Current Assets
Property held personally or plant owned across separate companies can cost more in tax than necessary if the structure hasn’t been reviewed.
Free Consultation
Let’s talk about your construction accounting challenges
Book a 30-minute call with our specialist accountant for construction business. We’ll look at how your business is set up and flag quick wins you can act on straight away.
- CIS and VAT reverse charge handled correctly
- Deep expertise in contractor, subcontractor tax rules
- Forward-looking advice, not just year-end filing
- Transparent fixed fees, no surprises
Our Services
Complete Proactive Tax Planning for Construction Businesses
From profit extraction through to structure review, we plan ahead of your year end as your construction accountant.
Profit Extraction Planning
We review salary, dividends, pension contributions, and director’s loan position together, tailored to your current turnover.
Capital Spend Timing
We review planned plant and vehicle purchases against your year end date, so relief lands in the right period.
Capital Allowances Review
We check existing assets against what’s been claimed, including spend wrongly recorded as repairs.
Honest R&D Assessment
We give a straight view on whether a genuine claim exists, and review claims already submitted by others if asked.
Business Structure Review
We assess whether your current company and asset structure still fits what you own and earn.
Accounting Reference Date Review
We consider whether moving your year end would improve which period your profit lands in.
Client Stories
Real feedback from real construction businesses
Over 60 verified five-star reviews from subcontractors, contractors and developers across the UK.
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“I’d been under-claiming CIS repayments for two years without realising it. They found and recovered £14,000 within weeks of taking us on. Nobody had ever explained the scheme to me this clearly before.”
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“We had no real idea which contracts were making money until they built us a proper job-costing system. Now we price the next tender based on actual data, not guesswork.”
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“Every site brings its own VAT and SDLT questions, and they have never once been slow to answer. Switching from our old firm was the easiest financial decision we have made in years.”
FAQS
Commonly Asked Questions about Construction Tax Planning
When should we start our tax planning conversation?
Does buying a van before our year end actually save tax?
It changes which accounting period the relief falls into, which is worth having only if you were buying the van anyway, not as a reason to spend money you had no plan to spend.
We were told our sites could qualify for R&D, could they?
Possibly, but more often not, it depends on whether a genuine technical problem was solved rather than simply a difficult job completed, and we’ll give you a straight answer either way.
Can you review an R&D claim someone else has already submitted for us?
Yes, if it was sold to you by a firm working on a percentage basis, it’s worth a second, independent review.
Will you do tax planning if you don't also do our year end accounts?
We’d rather do both, since planning depends on knowing what the numbers are actually doing during the year, not just at the end of it.
Do you handle capital allowances on plant and vehicles?
Yes, plant, machinery, and commercial vehicles carry allowances construction firms frequently under-claim, and the treatment of vans against cars differs in ways that matter.
Is this only for larger construction companies?
This service suits UK construction limited companies broadly turning over between £500,000 and £5 million that are making real profit and want to keep more of it, rather than
Still have questions?
Our construction accountants are ready to answer any questions about your specific tax situation with no obligation for an initial conversation.
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