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.
What does amortization mean? In accounting we use the word amortization to mean the systematic allocation of a balance sheet item to expense (or revenue) on the income statement. Conceptually, amortization is similar to depreciation and depletion. An example of amortization is the systematic allocation of the balance in the contra-liability account Discount of Bonds Payable to Interest Expense over the life of the bonds.