You must meet HMRC’s turnover threshold (e.g., £30,000 per director/sole trader) and maintain a clean tax compliance history over the previous 12 months.

Sub-contractors registered for gross payment status receive full payment without deductions and settle tax through year-end returns. Those without gross status have 20% (or 30% if unregistered) deducted at source by the contractor.

Under the reverse charge rules, VAT-registered sub-contractors supplying CIS-regulated building services to VAT-registered contractors no longer account for output VAT—the main contractor accounts for it directly on their VAT return.

Depending on your role and setup, self-employed crew can often claim specialist equipment hire, software subscriptions, professional union fees (e.g., BECTU, Equity), travel to non-permanent locations, and home-office overheads.

Yes, but HMRC applies strict sector guidelines (such as Appendix 1 of the Film and TV guidelines) to determine employment status for film and TV roles. We’ll help you determine whether your specific role qualifies for self-employment or requires PAYE/IR35 compliance.

AVEC allows qualifying UK film and TV productions to claim a taxable expenditure credit—yielding an effective net relief of 25.5% on qualifying UK core expenditure (up to an 80% cap), with higher rates available for animation, children’s TV, and qualifying visual effects (VFX).

We help practices align their cloud bookkeeping systems with stage payments (Concept, Planning, Technical Design, Construction) so you can track work-in-progress (WIP), identify unbilled time early, and maintain steady liquidity between major project milestones.

Qualifying practice expenses include mandatory ARB (Architects Registration Board) retention fees, RIBA membership, Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII), specialist CAD/3D rendering software subscriptions (Revit, Vectorworks, AutoCAD), and project-related site travel.