Does This Man Fall Within CIS?

Does This Man Fall Within CIS?

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Client describes himself as an odd job man. He does makeover type work on houses
managed by Letting Agents. When a house requires "refreshing" prior to a new tenant
signing up, odd job man visits the designated house and makes the place look more attractive for the tenant (refreshes it!). He carries out no building related tasks, no re pointing to walls, no room conversions, he simply makes the house look an inviting
proposition for a new tenant. He sometimes uses a colleague as well if required. The
other regular task is flat pack tasks. He may be required to put together flat pack furniture as part of his brief for the letting agent. The question is, "Does he fall within the
CIS Scheme or not? I think that I know the answer but could do with some feedback from some people who may be more involved day to day with this area than I am.

Clive Griffiths

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By clive griffiths
17th Nov 2008 19:52

Thanks Pamela

Thanks for your views on this Pamela. Much appreciated. I did call the CIS helpline twice but they seemed a little unsure of the correct position.
The second person I spoke to assumed that the odd job man would fall under CIS simply because he sometimes used the assistant referred to in the posting.

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By PAMDILL
14th Nov 2008 18:37

No
I work in Construction Industry and have for over 18 years.

I would definitely not consider the odd job man to fall under CIS scheme.

The letting agency would not be classed as contractors (they are not building)

For the odd job man to fall under CIS the company he is subcontracting too have to be in the construction industry and be registered under the CIS scheme as using sub contractors.

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