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Instruct your bank or building society to pay your VAT by Direct Debit

Use the Making Tax Digital VATC9 form to tell your bank or building society to set up a Direct Debit to pay your VAT.

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From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published:
27 January 2016
Last updated:
8 May 2025
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  1. Information added to confirm digitally excluded customers can use the Making Tax Digital VATC9 form.

  2. The address on the 'Instruction to your bank or building society to pay by Direct Debit' has been updated.

  3. Instruction to your bank or building society to pay by Direct Debit (VATC9) has been removed. If you only need one signature to set up a Direct Debit, you can set it up online by signing in to your VAT account. If you need more than one signature, complete the Making Tax Digital VATC9 form.

  4. A version of the form has been added for customers who have signed up to Making Tax Digital for VAT.

  5. The form 'VAT: instruction to your bank or building society to pay by direct debit (VATC9)' has been updated with new terms and conditions.

  6. An addition to the Terms and Conditions has been added about HMRC ceasing the Direct Debit due to inactivity after 13 months.

  7. First published.

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Instruction to your bank or building society to pay by Direct Debit (Making Tax Digital VATC9)

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If your business only needs one signature to set up a Direct Debit, you can set it up online by signing in to your VAT account.

If you need more than one signature, or are a digitally excluded customer, fill in the Making Tax Digital VATC9 form and send it to HMRC. This will tell your bank or building society to start paying your VAT by Direct Debit.

You must give your business’s VAT registration number and an email address in the ‘For HM Revenue and Customs official use only’ section of the form.

If you’re an agent, use the appropriate form for your client.

Email HMRC to ask for the form in Welsh.

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