Pay your Self Assessment tax bill
Direct Debit
Set up a Direct Debit through your HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) online account to make single payments for 31 January.
You can also set up another Direct Debit if you need to make a payment on account.
If you want to make more than one payment before the deadline, you’ll need to set up single payments each time you want to pay by Direct Debit.
To make weekly or monthly Direct Debit payments towards your next Self Assessment tax bill, set up a Budget Payment Plan.
If you’ve not used your Direct Debit for 2 years or more, check with your bank that it’s still set up.
Find the reference number for your Direct Debit
You’ll need to use your 11-character payment reference. This is your 10-digit Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) followed by the letter ‘K’.
You’ll find it either:
- in your HMRC online account
- on your paying-in slip, if you get paper statements
Your payment may be delayed if you use the wrong reference number.
Allow 5 working days to process a Direct Debit the first time you set one up. It should take 3 working days the next time if you’re using the same bank details.