MTD for CIS clients. Nail it at scale.

From April 2026, more than 200,000 Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) contractors and subcontractors will fall under MTD for Income Tax. FreeAgent offers a minimal-touch, efficient solution for CIS clients, making compliance simple.

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Why practices choose FreeAgent for CIS clients

FreeAgent supports HMRC CIS contractor and subcontractor obligations, so you can manage those clients at scale without unnecessary admin.

Light touch for subcontractors

Explain CIS income directly from bank transactions, with no invoices and no extra admin. Stay accurate and compliant even when subcontractors do not engage with software.

Save time with automated features

Auto-file MTD updates and reconsent bank feeds in bulk to manage MTD for large volumes of CIS clients quickly and efficiently.

Built for scale

Streamline CIS management so you can grow your client base without growing your team. Perfect for practices managing hundreds - or thousands - of CIS clients.

More clients. Less admin. Better margins.

FreeAgent helps your practice to automatically gross up labour, calculate the correct CIS deductions, post accurate CIS ledgers, categorise costs when you create a bill and prepare monthly CIS300 returns.

For contractor accountants and umbrella businesses, MTD for Income Tax creates a new opportunity to support CIS clients who’ll be using digital tax tools for the first time. FreeAgent helps you to prepare confidently for the extra workload and does the heavy lifting, so that your staff don’t have to.

How FreeAgent supports CIS contractors.

How FreeAgent supports CIS subcontractors.

Ready to manage CIS clients at scale?

Whether you’re preparing for MTD for Income Tax, growing your CIS client base or simply looking to run a more profitable operation - FreeAgent can help. Book a call with us today for a quick run-through of our CIS offering and we’ll share how to get started.

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Pricing for accountants and bookkeepers

Free Practice Dashboard

There's no cost to get started with FreeAgent. Once you sign your agreement, you'll gain access to your free Practice Dashboard and you'll only be charged for the client licences you add.

Discounted pricing options

As part of our Partner Programme, you'll access discounted pricing options for your clients as the number of active licences on your Practice Dashboard increases. See a full breakdown of our standard pricing.

Free licences for your clients…

…with NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland or Ulster Bank business current accounts or Mettle bank accounts.*

*For as long as they retain their account or make Mettle their primary business account in FreeAgent. Optional add-ons may be chargeable.

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