PAYE Online for employers

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Enrol if you did not register online

To use PAYE Online you need to:  

• enrol for the service (you’ll need your PAYE reference and Accounts Office reference from your registration letter) 
• activate the service 

How you enrol depends on whether you already have an online account for other business taxes, for example Corporation Tax. 

Enrol if you already have an account 

1. Sign in to your account. 

2. Select ‘Employers or intermediaries, for example PAYE for employers or CIS’ from the list. 

3. Select ‘PAYE for employers’.

Enrol if you do not have an account 

1. Enrol as a new business account holder. 

2. Select ‘Employers or intermediaries, for example PAYE for employers or CIS’ from the list. 

3. Select ‘PAYE for employers’.  

After you enrol 

After you enrol you need to activate your account before you can use PAYE Online. 

HMRC will send you an activation code within 10 days by post. You must activate your account within 28 days of the date on the letter.  

If you do not activate your account in time, you will have to enrol for PAYE Online again.

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