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Authorise someone to deal with HMRC for you - how to appoint an agent, friend, relative or voluntary organisation.

• Overview

  You can authorise someone else to deal with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)…

• Authorise an agent to manage your tax affairs

  A paid agent can be: a professional accountant tax adviser They must meet…

• Ask a friend or relative to manage your tax online

  You can ask a friend or family member to register to manage your tax…

• Authorise someone to deal with HMRC for you

  You can arrange for an ‘intermediary’ to deal with HMRC for you. This…

• Give someone power of attorney over your tax affairs

  You can give someone power of attorney over your tax affairs, such as by…

Tell the Rural Payments Agency if you want an agent to manage your agreement on your behalf.

Find out what to do if your agent asks you to authorise them using a link.

• Updated: 18 September 2025

Find out what the PAYE for Agents online service is for, what you can do in the service and how to do it.

• Updated: 20 November 2024

How to use our service to register as as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP), also known as a Companies House authorised agent.

• Updated: 26 June 2025

Your rights when bailiffs visit your home - entering your home, debts, complaining about private bailiffs, court bailiffs, civilian enforcement officers, certificated enforcement agents. Includes information from the withdrawn EX345 guidance.

This guide from the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) will help you identify and report false or misleading information from agents.

• Updated: 2 September 2024

Use the Agent Updates to get HMRC guidance if you're a tax agent or adviser.

• Updated: 12 June 2019

• Updated: 2 August 2016

• Updated: 1 January 2014