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How to pay what you owe if you've used the Customs Declaration Service to tell HMRC you've imported goods into the UK.

• Updated: 9 September 2024

Guidance on getting extra payments to help with the cost of living from 2022 to 2024 if you were entitled to certain benefits or tax credits.

• Updated: 6 May 2025

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

• Overview

  Tax credits ended on 5 April 2025. No more payments will be made. You’ll…

• How to repay your tax credits

  HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will send you a letter called a ‘notice to…

• If you cannot afford your repayments

  You can ask to repay what you owe over a longer period of time if you’re…

• If you get Universal Credit

  After you start getting Universal Credit you’ll get a letter from HM…

• If you do not repay HMRC

  If you get a ‘notice to pay’ you must repay HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)…

VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.

Schemes that use annuities to avoid Income Tax and National Insurance contributions don’t work. HMRC will investigate anyone who uses one.

• Updated: 14 February 2017

You may be able to pay no Customs Duty or a reduced amount of duty for goods you bring or receive into the UK, depending on what they are and what you do with them.

• Updated: 5 August 2021

Use your duty deferment account to delay paying most duties and import VAT.

• Updated: 24 July 2025

• Updated: 14 November 2023

Common user charge rates and how the charge applies to imports entering Great Britain through the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel.

• Updated: 7 May 2025

The Criminal Cases Unit is responsible for assessing a range of claims paid out of Central Funds.

• Updated: 27 November 2020