Petition Offer 80% financial support to persons in the 'Construction Industry Scheme'

Workers enrolled in the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) are taxed at source, as are PAYE employees. The Government should therefore pay 80% of the income of workers enrolled in the CIS who are unable to work because of coronavirus, as they are doing for PAY employees.

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This will treat CIS workers the same as employed workers. It should be simple to implement this as the tax is paid through the CIS before being paid to the worker, and should be able to be identified by HMRC.

A Freedom of Information request made by Unite last year found that 1.03 million construction workers were paid via the CIS scheme in 2018/19. The Government should support these workers.

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Date closed 7 November 2020
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