I know I need to pay tax, but how do I pay?
HMRC accept various forms and types of payment and to save you time we have shown useful links below. These links will take you to the correct part on HMRC’s website and provide you with everything you need to know. Everything from paying with a debit card to making a bank transfer will be covered.
The link below will take you to a page dealing with all taxes, if you use this, find and follow the link for the particular tax you wish to pay.
https://www.gov.uk/topic/dealing-with-hmrc/paying-hmrc
Below are direct links to the more frequent taxes:
Corporation tax
(due within 9 months and 1 day past your company’s year end)
https://www.gov.uk/pay-corporation-tax
Personal tax
(due by 31 January following the tax year and in some cases where payments on account are required by 31 July)
https://www.gov.uk/pay-self-assessment-tax-bill
PAYE/National Insurance
(due by the 19th of the following month of pay day)
https://www.gov.uk/pay-paye-tax
VAT
(due by 1 month and 7 days following the end of the VAT period)
You will notice that all of these links provide payment options and any other details you need to know. In some cases there is a direct debit option which avoids the need to remember to pay the bill.