A beginner’s guide on how to pay your tax bills

Self Assessment

What you’ll need

You’ll need to use your 11-character payment reference when you pay. This is your 10-digit Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) followed by the letter ‘K’.

You can find it either:

  • In your HMRC online account
  • On your paying-in slip, if you get paper statements
  • You can also find your UTR number on your Self Assessment form

Payment details 

Sort code: 08 32 10

Account number: 12001039

Account name: HMRC Cumbernauld

 

Corporation tax bill

What you’ll need

You’ll need to use your 17-character Corporation Tax payslip reference for the accounting period you’re paying.

You’ll find the payslip reference:

  • On any payslip that HMRC sent you
  • Through your company’s HMRC online account – choose ‘View account’ then ‘Accounting period’

Payment details 

Sort code: 08 32 10

Account number: 12001039

Account name: HMRC Cumbernauld

 

PAYE

What you’ll need

You’ll need to use your 13-character accounts office reference number as the payment reference. You can find this on either:

  • the letter HMRC sent you when you first registered as an employer.
  • the front of your payment booklet or the letter from HMRC that replaced it

Payment details 

Sort code: 08 32 10

Account number: 12001039

Account name: HMRC Cumbernauld

 

VAT

What you’ll need

You’ll need your 9-digit VAT registration number to make a payment.

Find your registration number:

  • in your VAT online account
  • on your VAT registration certificate

Do not put any spaces between the digits when paying your VAT bill.

Payment details 

Sort code: 08 32 00

Account number: 11963155

Account name: HMRC VAT