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Taking over sole trader accounts with CIS deductions

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Does anyone have any advice for me on how to treat the following?

I have just been given a copy of the accounts for 2010-2011 for a sole trader. And been asked to prepare accounts for 2011-2012.

He has had CIS deductions taken from his customer invoices and this balance has been left in the accounts as an "other debtor" asset. 

Can anyone help me - should it be treated as an asset in the accounts and how do I account for it as wouldn't even come back into the business (as it's just on the clients self assessment account isn't it?).

Advice from anyone dealing with these woud be appreciated.

Thanks

Gina

 

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Hi Gina,

The CIS deductions suffered by your client should be reclaimed on the P35 payroll year end return. If he does not operate a payroll scheme for his business, as you say, there's a section on the SA tax return.

You don't mention which software you're using - but we create a 'bank' account for CIS suffered and 'pay' the cis element of the customer invoices using this 'bank', as each deduction certificate is received.

This account will then be in debit by the value of the cis suffered. This gives you a clear amount to enter onto the tax return. After the year end, we would enter a 'bank' payment to drawings. The opening balance adjustments will clear out the drawings account in the usual way . This also leaves the 'CIS suffered bank account' at nil, ready for the coming year.

Hope this helps :-)

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