Levy return calculator

This calculator will give you a guide to what Levy your organisation may pay in 2025 and 2026

To help you see what your CITB Levy may look like in relation to the 2024 and 2025 Levy Returns, we have produced a simple calculator. This calculator will give you a guide to what Levy your organisation may pay in 2025 and 2026 and how this may look as part of a direct debit (final payment dates to be confirmed).

The 2025 Levy Return form will be posted out in Mid-May and available on the CITB online portal from early May, an email notification will be sent to Levy online users when available.

2024 Levy Return

Use the calculator to estimate the CITB Levy you will pay in 2025/26 based on the 2023/24 tax year (6 April 2023 to 5 April 2024).

The calculator will give you a guide to the Levy you will pay. The actual amount you will pay will be shown on your Levy Assessment you will receive shortly after assessment.

The calculator for 2024 includes the 'Small Business Levy Exemption' if your wage bill (PAYE and Net CIS) is below £135,000 and the 'Small Business Levy Reduction' if your wage bill (PAYE and Net CIS) is between £135,000 and £449,999.

To help you fill in this section of the calculator, use your:

  • 2024 Levy Return, if you have completed this

  • Monthly HMRC CIS300 or CIS online returns for the 2023 to 2024 tax year

  • Payroll records for the 2023 to 2024 tax year.

The Levy rates for the 2023 to 2024 tax year are:

  • 0.35% on payments to employees through PAYE

  • 1.25% on payments to subcontractors taxed under the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)

2025 Levy Return

Use the calculator to estimate the CITB Levy you will pay in 2026/27 based on the 2024/25 tax year (6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025).

The calculator will give you a guide to the Levy you will pay. The actual amount you will pay will be shown on your Levy Assessment Notice which you will receive in the Spring of 2026.

The calculator for 2025 includes the proposed*  'Small Business Levy Exemption' if your wage bill (PAYE and Net CIS) is below £150,000 and the proposed* 'Small Business Levy Reduction' if your wage bill (PAYE and Net CIS) is between £150,000 and £499,999.

To help you fill in this section of the calculator, use your:

  • 2025 Levy Return, if you have completed this

  • Monthly HMRC CIS300 or CIS online returns for the 2024 to 2025 tax year

  • Payroll records for the 2024 to 2025 tax year.

The proposed* Levy rates for the 2024 to 2025 tax year are:

  • 0.35% on payments to employees through PAYE

  • 1.25% on payments to subcontractors taxed under the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)

*The Small Business Levy Exemption and Small Business Levy Reduction are proposed and will be confirmed later.  The Levy Rates are proposed to remain unchanged but will be confirmed later.

Which years do you have figures for?

Levy return

PAYE

Total gross taxable payments to employees, before deductions

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2023-2024
2024-2025

CIS sub-contractors

Only fill this section if you have subcontracted.

The quick calculation is based on a CIS tax rate of 20%. If you used any CIS sub-contractors that were taxed at 30%, the quick calculation is likely to be higher than the actual Levy you pay. For a more accurate result, use the detailed calculation.

2023-2024
2024-2025
2023-2024

Quick calculation

Total tax deducted from sub-contractors paid through CIS

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Quick calculation

Total tax deducted from sub-contractors paid through CIS

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Detailed calculation

Total payments, less the cost of materials, made through CIS to taxable sub-contractors

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Detailed calculation

Total payments, less the cost of materials, made through CIS to taxable sub-contractors
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2024-2025

Quick calculation

Detailed calculation

Total payments, less the cost of materials, made through CIS to taxable sub-contractors
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Please enter a figure for PAYE and/or CIS sub-contractors.

Total Levy

2023-2024
2024-2025
2023-2024

2024-2025
info_i Your total wage bill is below £135000 for 2023-2024 so you don't need to pay a Levy
info_i Your total wage bill is below £150000 for 2024-2025 so you don't need to pay a Levy

Breakdown of the calculation

Breakdown of the calculation
Payments 2023-2024 tax year Payments 2024-2025 tax year
PAYE
CIS sub-contractors
Levy reduction
Total Levy
Breakdown of the calculation.
PAYE
Payments 2023-2024 tax year
Payments 2024-2025 tax year
PAYE 2023-2024
PAYE 2024-2025
CIS sub-contractors
Payments 2023-2024 tax year
Payments 2024-2025 tax year
CIS 2023-2024
CIS 2024-2025
Levy reduction
Levy reduction 2023-2024
Levy reduction 2024-2025
Total Levy
Total Levy 2023-2024
Total Levy 2024-2025
Total Levy with 50% rate reduction for 2024 Levy

Direct Debit Payment Plan

To take advantage of the interest-free direct debit you will need to complete and return a direct debit mandate that will accompany your Levy Assessment Notice. Existing direct debits will automatically switch to the new instalment plan outlined above.

2023-2024

Total levy

10 interest-free instalments of

Paid June 2025 to March 2026

2024-2025

Total levy

10 interest-free instalments of

Paid from May 2026 to February 2027

Employees paid through PAYE

These include workers on your business's payroll and paid directors.

Do not include agency workers or sub-contractors.

Deductions include Pensions, Sole trader and partner drawings, Employer's NIC, Dividends. Payments to self-employed workers, sub-contractors or agency staff

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Total CIS tax deducted from sub-contractors

You can find this on your Levy Return in section 3, box C.

If you haven't completed your Levy Return, add together the CIS tax deductions from your monthly HMRC CIS returns.

The quick calculation gives a guide to the Levy you pay on sub-contractors. This is how it works out the calculation:

1) It multiplies the CIS tax deducted by 5.
2) This results in the gross payment to CIS sub-contractors, based on a CIS tax rate of 20%.
3) It applies the CITB Levy to this gross payment.

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Total payments to CIS sub-contractors

You can find this on your Levy Return in section 3, box F.

If you haven't completed this box on your Levy Return, use your monthly HMRC CIS returns to work out the amount, like this:

1) For each month, add together the total payments before deductions to all sub-contractors you have deducted CIS tax from.
2) For each month, add together the cost of materials paid for by each subcontractor you have deducted CIS tax from.
3) Deduct the total cost of materials (step 2) from the total payments to sub-contractors (step 1) for each month.
4) Add together the 12 monthly totals and enter this figure in the detailed calculation box.

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