Self Assessment: payment enquiries
Contact HMRC for advice on how to make Self Assessment payments.
Online
The quickest way to pay your bill is using our Pay your Self Assessment bill online service.
You can also pay your bill online using:
CHAPS payments
You can make a single CHAPS (Clearing House Automated Payment System) payment to pay for more than one Self Assessment reference. This is called a ‘multiple’ or ‘composite’ payment.
Use this form to apply to make a multiple or composite CHAPS payment.
If HMRC needs to contact you about anything confidential they’ll reply by phone or post.
Phone
You cannot pay your bill using this number. If you need help submitting your payment you can call us.
You’ll need your Self Assessment Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) when you call.
Telephone: 0300 200 3310
Outside UK: +44 161 931 9070
Opening times: Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm. Closed bank holidays.
Post
If you cannot pay online you can post a cheque with your Self Assessment payment slip.
Make your cheque payable to ‘HM Revenue and Customs only’.
Write your 11-character payment reference on the back of the cheque. This is your 10-digit Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) followed by the letter ‘K’.
You can find your UTR:
- in your HMRC online account
- in the HMRC app
- on the payslip with your paper statement from HMRC, if you still get paper statements
If HMRC sent you a payslip, include it with your cheque. Do not fold the payslip or cheque or fasten them together.
Your payment may be delayed if you do not fill in your cheque correctly.
You can include a letter with your payment to ask HMRC for a receipt.
You do not need to include a street name, city name or PO box when writing to this address.
HMRC
Direct
BX5 5BD
United Kingdom
Find out the address to use if you’re using a courier instead of Royal Mail.