Pay your Corporation Tax bill
Approve a payment through your online bank account
You can pay your Corporation Tax bill directly using your online or mobile bank account.
When you’re ready to pay, start your Corporation Tax payment.
Select the ‘pay by bank account’ option. You’ll then be directed to sign in to your online or mobile banking account to approve a payment to ‘HMRC Shipley’.
Use your 17-character Corporation Tax payment reference number for the accounting period you’re paying.
You’ll find your reference number:
- on your ‘notice to deliver your tax return’ or on any reminders from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
- in your company’s HMRC online account - choose ‘view account’, ‘accounting period’, then select the correct period
Your payment reference number changes with each accounting period, so you’ll need to use a different one each time you pay.
The payment is usually instant but sometimes it takes up to 2 hours to show in your account.
You can select a date to pay, as long as it’s before your payment is due.
Check your account to make sure that the payment has gone out on the correct day. If the payment has not gone out as expected, speak to your bank.
You’ll need to have your online banking details ready to pay this way.