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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…

The Payment Exception Service is a way for people who do not have a bank account to collect benefit or pension payments. It replaces the Simple Payment service

How to pay a PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA), including payment methods, reference numbers, bank details and deadlines.

• Overview

  You must pay the tax and Class 1B National Insurance due from your PAYE…

• Direct Debit

  Set up a Direct Debit through your business’s HM Revenue and Customs…

• Approve a payment through your online bank account

  You can pay your PAYE Settlement Agreement directly using your online or…

• 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 pay at your branch by cash or cheque. You’ll need to use the…

• By cheque through the post

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

• Check your payment has been received

  You can check your bank or building society statement to confirm the…

How you'll be paid, what you’ll be paid, and how to check your pay when you’re employed by an umbrella company as a temporary worker.

• Updated: 7 April 2025

Tax and reporting rules for employers who meet or reimburse an employee's expenses - scale rate payments round sum allowances (RSA)

Using Compromise Agreements if your employee stops working for you and has a potential claim against you for statutory pay as wages or salary.

• Updated: 18 March 2014

If you get help from social services, direct payments let you choose and buy the services you need yourself, instead of getting them from your council

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

Use this if your payroll software or the GOV.UK calculator does not calculate your employee’s payments.

• Updated: 6 April 2025

Information on measures introduced by the government to tackle late and unfair payment practices in both public and private sectors.

• Updated: 3 February 2025