Android app · for self-employed UK construction workers
Your mileage, hours, receipts and CIS tax. Sorted on site.
CIS Construction Suite tracks your business miles and time on site automatically, reads your receipts and payslips, works out the CIS tax you’re owed back, and keeps your CSCS card and tickets in your pocket. One app instead of five.
Made in Leicester by Andrew Hill. Your records stay on your phone.
Features
Everything a subcontractor juggles, in one place.
Built around how the job actually works: different sites, different contractors, CIS taken off every payment, and a pile of receipts in the van.
Mileage & time on site
- Trips recorded automatically when you drive, with the GPS route and addresses
- HMRC simplified mileage rates worked out for every tax year
- Clock on and off automatically when you arrive at and leave a site
- Shifts with breaks and hourly rates, so you know what you’ve earned
- Import your trips from a Driversnote report
Money & tax
- Photograph a receipt: shop, date, total and VAT read for you
- Scan CIS payslips and check you’ve been paid for every hour
- Estimated CIS refund, and a weekly tax pot if you’ll owe
- Invoices and quotes with CIS and the VAT reverse charge done for you
- Self Assessment deadlines and missing CIS statement alerts
Cards, sites & safety
- Wallet for your ID, CSCS card and tickets, with renewal reminders
- Share the cards a site asks for as one PDF
- Site log, RAMS, snag and to-do lists with timestamped photos
- Accident and near-miss reports with RIDDOR guidance
- Timesheets and daywork signed off by the foreman on your phone
CIS, explained
See the tax you’re owed back, all year.
Contractors take 20% off your labour under CIS. Most subcontractors pay less than that once their mileage and expenses are counted. The difference comes back as a refund, if your records are in order.
- Every deduction counted. Payslips, receipts and business miles feed one running estimate.
- Nothing missed. The app spots months you worked but have no CIS statement for.
- Ready for your return. Your year’s figures laid out the way the Self Assessment form asks for them.
Your data
Private by design.
Stays on your phone
No account and no cloud of ours. Your trips, pay and documents are stored privately on your device.
Backups you control
Save an encrypted backup to your own Google Drive, OneDrive or anywhere else. Only your password opens it.
Locked ID
Your ID and cards can be locked behind your fingerprint or face, and are never copied to your gallery.
Coming soon
Be one of the first on site.
CIS Construction Suite is in testing now and coming to Google Play soon. Email me if you’d like to try it early or hear when it launches.
- Automatic mileage and time on site
- CIS refund estimate all year
- Invoices, quotes and timesheets
- Your cards and tickets in your pocket
Questions
Good to know.
Who is it for?
Self-employed people working in UK construction under the Construction Industry Scheme: trades, labourers, site supervisors and anyone paid by contractors with CIS deducted.
Does it file my tax return?
No. It keeps your records and estimates your tax and CIS refund, and lays out your year’s figures ready for your Self Assessment return or your accountant. The estimate is a guide, not tax advice.
How does automatic mileage work?
Your phone notices when you start driving and records the trip with GPS until you stop. Trips to and from your sites can be marked as business automatically, and the claim is worked out at HMRC’s simplified mileage rates.
Will it drain my battery?
It only uses GPS while you’re driving. The rest of the time it relies on Android’s built-in activity detection and site boundaries, which use very little power.
Is there an iPhone version?
Not yet. It’s Android only for now. Email me if you’d like to hear when that changes.
I have another question
Email hello@andrewhill.org.uk and I’ll get back to you.