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How to apply for free childcare if you're working.

What Tax-Free Childcare is, eligibility and how to apply

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

• Overview

  The deadlines for paying your tax bill are usually: 31 January - for any…

• Direct Debit

  Set up a Direct Debit through your HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) online…

• Approve a payment through your online bank account

  You can pay your Self Assessment bill directly using your online or mobile…

• Make an online or telephone bank transfer

  You can pay your Self Assessment bill using Faster Payments, CHAPS or…

• By debit or corporate credit card online

  You can pay online. There’s a fee if you pay by corporate credit card or…

• At your bank or building society

  You can only pay at your branch by cash or cheque if you both: still get…

• By cheque through the post

  You can send a cheque by post to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). HMRC…

• Pay weekly or monthly

  You can set up a Budget Payment plan to make weekly or monthly Direct…

• Through your tax code

  You can pay your Self Assessment bill through your PAYE tax code as long…

• Check your payment has been received

  View your HM Revenue and Customs online account to check if your payment’s…

How to apply for Tax-Free Childcare.

What makes you self-employed, what counts as trading and what to do, including registering for Self Assessment.

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 start a tax credits claim, when to claim, joint claims, backdate a claim

What tax codes are, how they're worked out, and what to do if you think your code is wrong.

Inheritance Tax (IHT) is paid when a person's estate is worth more than £325,000 when they die - exemptions, passing on property. Sometimes known as death duties.

Apply for Carer's Allowance - money to help you look after someone who needs to be cared for. Apply online or use form DS700.

Your Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) - how much you get, eligibility, how to claim SSP, fit notes, disputes.

Working Tax Credit - how much money you get, hours you need to work, eligibility, claim, tax credits when you stop work or go on leave

Who can get National Insurance credits and how to apply or when to pay voluntary National Insurance contributions.

How to pay your voluntary Class 3 National Insurance contributions - Direct Debit, bank, cheque, payslips.

How to pay Class 2 self-employed National Insurance contributions - online, bank transfer, cheque, payslips.

See how the Child Maintenance Service works out maintenance and the rates they use

What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.

Tax credit overpayments - repaying tax credits, repayment methods, what to do if you cannot repay

What to do before you apply, and how to apply for a licence yourself or through your employer.

• Updated: 15 June 2023

Statistics on costs incurred by businesses and local authorities in complying with regular HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) statistical surveys. 

• Updated: 27 September 2023