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Pay your Simple Assessment bill. Check the tax calculation from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and pay any tax you owe.

• Overview

  You must pay your Simple Assessment tax bill if you’ve been sent a letter…

• Pay online

  You can pay online by: approving a payment through your online bank…

• Pay by bank transfer

  You can make a bank transfer using Faster Payments, CHAPS or Bacs: from…

• Pay by cheque

  You can pay by cheque through the post. Make the cheque payable to ‘HM…

How to pay taxes, penalties and enquiry settlements to HMRC if you cannot find instructions in other 'paying HMRC' guides, or if your payment reference starts with X.

• Updated: 31 March 2025

Payment options for your Self Assessment tax bill - Direct Debit, bank transfer, through your tax code, debit or credit card, cheque and pay weekly or monthly

• Overview

  The deadlines for paying your tax bill are usually: 31 January - for any…

• Direct Debit

  Set up a Direct Debit through your HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) online…

• Approve a payment through your online bank account

  You can pay your Self Assessment bill directly using your online or mobile…

• Make an online or telephone bank transfer

  You can make a bank transfer using Faster Payments, CHAPS or Bacs: from…

• By debit or corporate credit card online

  You can pay online. There’s a fee if you pay by corporate credit card or…

• At your bank or building society

  You can only pay at your branch by cash or cheque if you both: still get…

• By cheque through the post

  You can send a cheque by post to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). HMRC…

• Pay weekly or monthly

  You can set up a Budget Payment plan to make weekly or monthly Direct…

• Through your tax code

  You can pay your Self Assessment bill through your PAYE tax code as long…

• Check your payment has been received

  Sign into your HMRC online account to check if your payment has been…

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• Updated: 27 May 2022

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• Updated: 16 January 2023

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• Updated: 29 November 2023