Self Assessment
Overview
The deadlines for paying your tax bill are:
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31 January - for any tax you owe for the previous tax year (known as a balancing payment) and your first payment on account
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31 July for your second payment on account
Bank details for online or telephone banking, CHAPS, Bacs
You can make a transfer from your bank account by Faster Payments, CHAPS or BACS.
Account details to use
Sort code 08 32 10
Account number 12001039
Account name HMRC Cumbernauld
What you’ll need
You’ll need to use your 11-character payment reference when you pay. This is your 10-digit Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) followed by the letter ‘K’.
You can find it on your:
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paying-in slip, if you get paper statements
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Or call us and we can provide you with your UTR number.
At your bank or building society
You can only pay at your branch by cash or cheque if you both:
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still get paper statements from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
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have the paying-in slip HMRC sent you
Make your cheque payable to ‘HM Revenue and Customs only’ followed by your 11-character payment reference. This is your 10-digit Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) followed by the letter ‘K’. You’ll find it on your paying-in slip.
HMRC will accept your payment on the date you make it, and not the date it reaches their account (as long as you pay from Monday to Friday).
By cheque through the post
You can send a cheque by post to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
HMRC
Direct
BX5 5BD
You do not need to include a street name, city name or PO box with this address.
Allow 3 working days for your payment to reach HMRC.
What to include
Make your cheque payable to ‘HM Revenue and Customs only’ followed by your 11-character payment reference. This is your 10-digit Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) followed by the letter ‘K’. You’ll find this on your paying-in slip.
Include the paying-in slip HMRC sent you (if you still get paper statements). Do not fold the paying-in slip or cheque or fasten them together.
If you do not have a paying-in slip
You can print a slip to use to pay by post. You cannot use this at a bank.