QuiboBricklayers in Coventry: that 20% isn't your tax bill
Your tools, your van and the sand and cement you fronted come off your profit before the tax is worked out. Check what you're owed in 60 seconds, free.
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What bricklayers can claim
The everyday costs of being on the tools come off your taxable profit, and most of these get missed. That’s where your refund hides.
Van, fuel & mileage
Running a van between sites, or mileage in your own vehicle.
Tools & equipment
Trowels, levels, mixers and hand tools.
Materials you fronted
Sand, cement, blocks and sundries you paid for before reimbursement.
Workwear & PPE
Boots, gloves, hi-vis and the cost of washing workwear.
Training & cards
CSCS card and NVQ assessment costs.
Phone, internet & admin
The work share of your phone and broadband, plus accounting software.
Use of home as office
A reasonable allowance for quoting, invoicing and paperwork done from home.
A worked example
Say you were paid £38,000 over the year as a bricklayer, with CIS deducted at the standard 20% and a typical bricklayer expense profile. Here’s roughly how it works out.
- Paid before deductions
- £38,000
- Expenses (trade avg)
- £9,500
- Profit
- £28,500
- Tax-free allowance
- −£12,570
- Taxable income
- £15,930
- Tax + NIC due
- £4,142
- CIS deducted
- £7,600
- Estimated refund
- £3,112–£3,804
Estimate: confirm before you file. Illustrative figures for a £38,000 year. Your real numbers will differ. Not a guarantee. You can also claim free at gov.uk.
CIS refunds in Coventry
Coventry has the car plants and their supply units on one side and a growing university estate on the other, so the work swings between industrial and institutional. Either way the tools, the travel and the safety gear are bought before the money comes in.
Birmingham and the Black Country have been building hard for years, and the sites are full of CIS subcontractors travelling in from across the region. That travel, and the gear you buy to do the job, is exactly what the 20% deduction ignores.
Other areas in the West Midlands
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How it works
You stay in control the whole way: we do the digging and the paperwork, you file your own claim.
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Send us your bank statements and our AI will read every transaction to find the expenses you can claim. Both the AI review and a one-tap UK Open Banking connection are coming soon.
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Refund to your account
You file your own claim and HMRC pays the refund straight into your account. We charge a fixed fee when we hand you the finished return, never a cut of your refund.
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