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How to work out payments and when you should make them if your company’s annual taxable profits are between £1.5 million and £20 million.

• Updated: 27 January 2025

Find out how to work out payments and when you should make them if your company’s annual taxable profits are over £20 million.

• Updated: 12 April 2023

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 make a bank transfer using Faster Payments, CHAPS or Bacs: from…

• 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

  Sign into your HMRC online account to check if your payment has been…

Contact HM Revenue and Customs if you cannot pay your tax bill - get more time to pay or pay in instalments.

How to pay Inheritance Tax: get a reference number, payment methods, use the deceased's bank account, National Savings and Investments, government stock, yearly instalments.

Find out who can use the VAT Annual Accounting Scheme, how to use it and how to apply to join the scheme.

• Updated: 22 November 2024

When you start repaying your student loan, your monthly repayments, what to do if you have 2 jobs or are self-employed, how to get a refund if you've overpaid.

Check dates for processing (crime and civil) and planned BACS payments, get financial statements, switch to variable monthly payments.

• Updated: 16 June 2025

Making thank you payments to sponsors/hosts, including across different councils. Also checking if guests are paying rent to sponsors/hosts, and what to do if they are.

• Updated: 15 September 2025

Universal Credit is replacing 6 other benefits with a single monthly payment if you're out of work or on a low income - eligibility, how to prepare.