QuiboGroundworkers in Belfast: that 20% isn't your tax bill
Plant hire, diesel and heavy materials all come off your taxable profit first. Check what you're owed in 60 seconds, free.
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What groundworkers 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.
Plant & tool hire
Excavators, compactors, breakers and other plant you hired.
Materials you fronted
Aggregate, pipe, concrete and sundries you paid for up front.
Workwear & PPE
Boots, gloves, hi-vis and wet-weather gear.
Training & cards
CPCS/NPORS plant tickets and CSCS card.
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 groundworker, with CIS deducted at the standard 20% and a typical groundworker 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 Belfast
Belfast has the harbour estate and the city-centre work behind it, which between them keep a steady flow of subcontract labour going. Trades travel in from right across the north for those jobs, and the van getting them there is their own cost.
Subcontractors around Belfast and across the counties carry their own tools, van and materials, just like anywhere else in Northern Ireland. Under CIS the contractor deducts 20% from their labour up front, as an advance payment towards their tax.
Other areas in Northern Ireland
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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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Upload your statements
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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