Guidance

Repay Eat Out to Help Out Scheme payments

Find out how to pay back all or some of the payments your business claimed when taking part in the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.

If you’ve claimed money through the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, you can make a repayment if either:

  • you’ve realised that you have been overpaid or were not eligible
  • you do not need the money and want to voluntarily pay it back

When you need to make a repayment

If you have overclaimed and have not repaid the money yet, you need to tell us within the notification period to avoid a penalty.

The notification period is within 90 days of you receiving the payment you are not entitled to.

You must make the repayment yourself, your agent is unable to do this on your behalf.

What you will need

You can do this using our online service. To do this you will need:

  • the amount you want to repay
  • the claim periods you are repaying
  • your contact details
  • the name of the business
  • the claim reference number you got when you claimed the money
  • the payment reference number starting with EOC
  • your Government Gateway ID and password

You also need your National Insurance number or your:

  • individual or partnership Self Assessment Unique Taxpayer Reference
  • Corporation Tax Unique Taxpayer Reference

How to pay

You can make your repayment by:

  • Faster Payments
  • CHAPS
  • BACs

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If you do not tell HMRC you have been overpaid

You may be charged a penalty if you do not tell us you were overpaid or tell us after the notification period has ended.

Get more information

Read the factsheet to find out more about:

  • assessing the Income Tax charge
  • partnerships
  • if your company becomes insolvent
  • appeals

Updates to this page

Published 2 November 2020

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