Pay your Corporation Tax bill
Direct Debit
Set up and make changes to a Direct Debit through your company’s HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) online account.
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 HMRC
- in your company’s HMRC online account - choose ‘view Corporation Tax statement’, ‘accounting periods’, 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.
Your payment may be delayed if you use the wrong reference number.
How long it takes
Allow 5 working days to process a Direct Debit the first time you set one up.
It should take 3 working days each time you pay once you’ve already authorised a Direct Debit from HMRC.
Payments will appear on your bank statements as ‘HMRC NDDS’.