GrossStick, the fixed-fee appeal that wins back your CIS gross payment when HMRC refuses
For UK construction subcontractors hit by an HMRC gross payment refusal: a fixed-fee appeal pack and First-tier Tax Tribunal representation that gets you back to being paid the full invoice.
The expensive part of a business idea is not having it. It is the time you spend finding out it does not work. This pack is that work, already done, with its sources left open.
UK·40 sources·8/8 checks·Verified 3 days ago
Sourced from dctaxagent.co.uk, altion-law.co.uk, sellickpartnership.co.uk
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One of the ideas that survived. 1,444 went through the filter and 94% died on cited evidence. Read what killed them.
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Gross payment status switches that off: the contractor pays the full invoice, instead of 20% being taken off every month.
Set by how big this idea could get and the market it targets, never by the size of the pack. See the ladder.
14-day money back, no questions asked
Survived all 8 checks
Instant download the moment you pay
The pack’s own model puts month one at 77× what the pack costs, and payback at 4 months. Every input behind that is sourced, and the workings are the fourth document.
The numbers are in the pack. Pricing mechanics and unit economics, every input sourced, and anything the research could not stand up is marked so.
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What’s inside your pack
The moment you pay, you download the whole pack. 8 documents, no drip feed, no login.
your pack/8 documents
├──00_Executive_Summary.md
Executive SummaryThe opportunity on one page: what it is, what checked out, and what we do not claim.
├──01_Blueprint_BuildSpec.md
The Blueprint (Build Spec)What to build, in what order, on what stack. Includes the non-goals for v1 and what would kill this.
├──02_Marketing_Plan_GTM.md
The Go-To-Market PlanWhere your first customers come from. Named channels, the beachhead to start in, and the signals that say stop.
├──03_Operations_Plan.md
The Operations PlanHow it runs once someone pays. Delivery, capacity limits, the compliance you cannot skip, and where the manual work sits.
├──04_Financial_Model.md
The Financial ModelPricing and the numbers behind it. Anything we could not verify is marked missing, never made up.
├──05_First_Week_Checklist.md
First-Week ChecklistSix steps for days one to seven: confirm the buyer, size the smallest paid offer, pick one channel.
├──Marketing_Assets.md
Marketing AssetsLaunch copy you can send today: listing page, outreach, social. Claim-checked like the research.
└──QA_Report.md40 sources
The QA Report, with the receiptsEvery check this pack faced, each verdict, and a clickable source behind every claim.
8 plain-text documents in a zip, 5,000+ words. Yours to keep, edit, or paste anywhere. No login, no subscription.
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Could you run this?
Behind the research is a business somebody has to actually operate. Here is who they would be selling to, and how soon the first money arrives.
Part automated
Productised service
MarketUKThe opportunity, its evidence and its economics are researched for this market. The pack itself is priced and sold in GBP.
Who paysUK construction subcontractors (sole traders and small firms with 1 to 10 employees) who depend on CIS Gross Payment Status to keep 20% to 30% of every invoice from being withheld by their contractor. They are cash-flow sensitive, often run their tax affairs through a generalist accountant, and have little patience for HMRC paperwork.
How we tried to kill it
Each check is an attack, not a rubber stamp. An idea dies on the first check where cited evidence goes against it. This one survived all 8. Finding nothing is not the same as finding a green light; see how each check works on /how-it-works.
The 6 below run on every idea, whatever it is. This one's lane ran 2 more on top, for 8 in all.
Exactly what this pack covers, plus a blurred look at the document you receive.
GrossStick, the fixed-fee appeal that wins back your CIS gross payment when HMRC refuses
01 · Blueprint / build spec
Gross payment status switches that off: the contractor pays the full invoice, instead of 20% being taken off every month.
When HMRC takes that status away, there is a formal appeal route, and the appeal notice must be given within 30 days of the refusal or cancellation.
02 · Go-to-market plan
They earn real money, a £400 day rate works out at about £2,000 a week before tax, so a one-off four-figure fee is affordable, but they are not sitting on a legal budget.
Month 1 revenue
£3,800
LTV : CAC
7.6×
Payback
4 months
Unlocks the moment you buy
01Blueprint / build spec
02Go-to-market plan
03Operations plan
04Financial model (Python-computed from verified inputs)
A look inside
Real, sourced lines taken straight from the pack. Every source below is a live link: open one and check the claim before you buy.
Extract · evidence record
Gross payment status switches that off: the contractor pays the full invoice, instead of 20% being taken off every month.
They earn real money, a £400 day rate works out at about £2,000 a week before tax, so a one-off four-figure fee is affordable, but they are not sitting on a legal budget.
Set by how big this idea could get and the market it targets, never by the size of the pack. See the ladder.
14-day money back, no questions asked
Survived all 8 checks
Instant download the moment you pay
The pack’s own model puts month one at 77× what the pack costs, and payback at 4 months. Every input behind that is sourced, and the workings are the fourth document.
The numbers are in the pack. Pricing mechanics and unit economics, every input sourced, and anything the research could not stand up is marked so.
Secure checkout via Stripe. A pack is evidence-backed research, not a promise of business success. See our refund policy.