Construction industry scheme

Does anyone know much about this?
I think we're in the grey area of needing to be in the scheme, but a customer insists we should be in it.
Maybe we should, I really don't know enough about it. And the Inland Revenue help sheets do many things but not help...
I think we're in the grey area of needing to be in the scheme, but a customer insists we should be in it.
Maybe we should, I really don't know enough about it. And the Inland Revenue help sheets do many things but not help...
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We have a building section, which does a decent amount of construction work.
From what I've read it seems we should be in the CIS scheme, but the wording of the documents I've read isn't plain English, so all a bit confusing.
This link might help.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cis/intro/decide-if-cis.htm
A business can come under CIS even if that is not its main business. If building operations are carried out (and building operations are wide-ranging accordingly to HMRC), then CIS comes into play.
So, companies will deduct tax before paying us, I assume we'll be able to reclaim that money? Or is that the tax that we would have paid through PAYE?
Quick question; if we bill a supplier now for materials only, can this be done outside of the CIS scheme?