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Get help to make a Time to Pay arrangement if you are an individual or business who owes a debt to HMRC.
Contact HM Revenue and Customs if you cannot pay your tax bill - get more time to pay or pay in instalments.
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will always try to contact you if you miss a…
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Payment options for your Self Assessment tax bill - Direct Debit, bank transfer, through your tax code, debit or credit card, cheque and pay weekly or monthly
The deadlines for paying your tax bill are usually: 31 January - for any…
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If your payment is more than 15 days overdue, first and second late payment penalties apply. Find out how to avoid penalties and get help to pay in instalments.
How to pay your VAT bill - including online by card or Direct Debit, from your bank with HMRC’s bank details, by standing order or at your bank or building society.
How to pay Corporation Tax: payment reference number, online, Bacs or CHAPS, Direct Debit, cheque or at your bank.
From 1 January 2023, HMRC will charge VAT-registered businesses late payment interest from the first day their payment is overdue until it is paid in full.
How HMRC uses debt enforcement powers, debt collection agencies and what happens if you live abroad when you do not pay your tax bill.
Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
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