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Sign in to your HMRC business tax account

If you manage one or more business taxes online, sign in to your business tax account to view your tax position and manage all your taxes from one place.

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published
28 September 2020
Last updated
28 November 2024 — See all updates

You can use your business tax account once you have registered for a business tax online.

Who can use a business tax account

Individuals, sole traders, partnerships and limited companies can use a business tax account to check their tax position for over 40 taxes including:

  • Self Assessment
  • VAT
  • PAYE
  • Corporation Tax

If you already manage your business tax online, you can sign in to your business tax account.

Using your account

You can use your HMRC business tax account to:

  • check your tax position for taxes that you have registered for
  • make returns and payments
  • add or remove a tax, duty or scheme
  • give a team member access to a tax duty or scheme
  • check secure messages from HMRC
  • add, view or change a tax agent
  • get help with your taxes
  • update your contact details
  • sign up for paperless notifications
  • change your Government Gateway user ID and security preferences

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Before you start

You’ll need the Government Gateway user ID and password you used when you first registered a business tax.

Services you can use from the business tax account

You can use the business tax account for:

  • Advance Tariff Rulings
  • Advance Valuation Rulings 
  • Alcohol and Tobacco Warehousing Declarations (ATWD)
  • Alcohol Duty
  • Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS)
  • Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED)
  • Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) 
  • Charities 
  • Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)
  • Corporation Tax 
  • Duty Deferment Electronic Statements (DDES)
  • Economic Crime Levy (ECL)
  • Employment Related Securities (ERS)
  • Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS)
  • Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme 
  • Gambling Tax Service (GTS)
  • Import Control System
  • Intrastat Supplementary Declaration
  • Machine Games Duty (MGD)
  • Making Tax Digital for Income Tax 
  • Making Tax Digital for VAT 
  • Money Laundering Supervision
  • New Computerised Transit System (NCTS)
  • New Export Scheme (NES)
  • One Stop Shop (OSS)
  • PAYE for employers 
  • Pension Schemes for administrators
  • Pension Schemes for practitioners
  • Pensions Online Digital Service 
  • Pensions Online Digital Service pensions practitioner 
  • Personal tax account 
  • Pillar 2
  • Plastic Packaging Tax 
  • Rebated Oils Enquiry Service 
  • Self Assessment 
  • Self Assessment for partnerships and trusts 
  • Shared Workspace 
  • Soft Drinks Industry Levy 
  • Stamp Duty Land Tax online for organisations 
  • Submit an employment intermediary report 
  • Tied Oils Enquiry Service 
  • VAT EC Sales List (ECSL) 
  • VAT EU Refunds 
  • VAT Government Information and National Health Trusts (GIANT)
  • VAT Import One Stop Shop (IOSS)
  • VAT Mini One Stop Shop — businesses outside the EU (VAT MOSS Non Union) 
  • VAT Mini One Stop Shop — businesses within the EU (VAT MOSS Union) 
  • VAT Notification of Vehicle Arrivals (NOVA) 

More information

Watch a video about how to add a tax through your business tax account.

How to add a tax through your business tax account.

Updates to this page

Published 28 September 2020
Last updated 28 November 2024 + show all updates

  1. Alcohol Duty, Pillar 2 and VAT Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) have been added to the list of services you can use from the business tax account.

  2. Economic Crime Levy (ECL), Employment Related Securities (ERS) and Intrastat Supplementary Declaration have been added to the list of services you can use from the business tax account. The electronic Binding Tariff Information (eBTI) service has been removed from the list as it is no longer available.

  3. The VAT Reverse Charge Sales List has been removed from the list of services you can use from your business tax account, as this service has been decommissioned.

  4. Added 'Advance Valuation Rulings' to the list of services you can use from the business tax account.

  5. The list of services you can use from the business tax account has been updated.

  6. You can now access the OSS Union scheme through your HMRC business tax account.

  7. Watch a video about how to add a service through your Business Tax Account has been added.

  8. Added translation

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