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Check the CIS rate before you pay them.

Before a field service subcontractor is paid, ask their CIS rate in chat. Centrus reads the CIS settings on the contact in Xero, with the open bill and the amount to deduct. The bill stays in Xero for you to pay.

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Asked in chat, on WhatsApp or in Teams.

how it runs

Behind Dawson's bill.

Kate checked Dawson Electrical at 09:15 on Wed 28/10, before Thursday's payment run. This is the status, the draft, and the list she gets in the morning.

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Verified in Xero

Dan asks on Teams whether Dawson Electrical is verified. The contact in Xero is on the 20% net rate.

The rate, from the contact

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before and after

The same subcontractor bill, two ways.

Dawson Electrical's bill BL-0388 for £3,600.00, checked by Kate at 09:15 on Wed 28/10 before Thursday's payment run.

  1. The rate

    Without Centrus: The contact opened in Xero to see if it's 20% or 30%

    With Centrus: 20% net, read from the contact in Xero

  2. The deduction

    Without Centrus: £720.00 worked out on a calculator beside the bill

    With Centrus: £720.00 shown against BL-0388 in the answer

  3. What to pay

    Without Centrus: £3,600.00 paid, and the deduction sorted later

    With Centrus: £2,880.00 to pay, in a draft for Dan

  4. Thursday morning

    Without Centrus: The bill paid gross because the rate was missed

    With Centrus: On the payment list at £2,880.00 net

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  1. 01We start with how your operation actually runs, on the desk and in the field.
  2. 02We show "CIS status checked before a subcontractor is paid" on a setup that matches yours.
  3. 03We pick out the admin that should run itself first.

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