Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) Under the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS), contractors deduct money from a subcontractorâs payments and pass it to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The deductions count as advance payments towards the subcontractorâs tax and National Insurance. Contractors must register for the scheme.
Depreciation and Amortization. Not all G&A expenses represent cash leaving the company. Depreciation and amortization expenses are a result of the matching principle of accounting. This principle tells us that we should match the costs of producing revenue to the period when the revenue is produced.
1 Depreciation is used to ratably reduce the cost of a tangible fixed asset, and amortization is used to ratably reduce the cost of an intangible fixed asset. 2  The amortized cost term can also be applied to the accumulated amount of depletion of a natural resource that has been charged to expense. For example, ABC International has been depreciating a machine in its production area for the last five years. 2  The $48,000 that has been charged to depreciation expense thus far is its amortized cost. 3  As another example, ABC has been amortizing the acquired cost of a patent for several years.