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Self Assessment

Overview

The deadlines for paying your tax bill are:

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:

  • HMRC online account

  • paying-in slip, if you get paper statements

  • 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:

  • still get paper statements from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

  • 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.

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