Paying Corporation Tax by debit or credit card over the phone
Please contact HMRC on 0300 200 3840 to use this service.
Information you'll need
To make a payment you will need your:
Paying Corporation Tax by debit or credit card over the internet: BillPay
If you have a debit or credit card issued by a UK card issuer, you can pay your Corporation Tax over the internet using the BillPay service provided by Santander Corporate Banking (formerly Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank).
If you wish to pay by credit card a non-refundable transaction fee of 1.4 per cent will be added to the charge. Any charge of less than £0.01 will be rounded up to a penny.
HMRC does not accept American Express or Diners Club cards.
A BillPay payment takes three bank working days to reach HMRC. Bank working days are Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.
Information you'll need
To make a payment you will need your:
Paying Corporation Tax by internet, telephone banking or Bacs Direct Credit
You can use your bank or building society services to pay by internet, telephone banking or Bacs Direct Credit (available to businesses that are authorised by their bank to submit files direct to Bacs). To make the payment you will need HMRC's bank account details given below and your Corporation Tax reference number.
If you pay using any of these methods, your bank will transfer your money electronically to HMRC's bank account.
It normally takes three bank working days for payment to reach HMRC. Bank working days are Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays. Some banks and building societies can take longer. You should check with your bank or building society to see how long they take to transfer payment and what their cut-off time is for initiating payment. If they take longer then you will need to initiate your payment earlier.
Providing HMRC bank account details
You will need to provide your bank or building society with HMRC's bank account details - please refer to the back of your payslip to check which of the Accounts Offices below is relevant for you.
Please take care if you need to enter HMRC's bank account details. If you make a mistake with the sort code or account number there may be a delay before your record is credited or your payment may not be received at all.
When paying by Bacs Direct Credit, internet or telephone banking you should only use the bank account details shown below and not the account number shown on the front of your HMRC payslip as this sort code is only for payments made by Bank Giro or at a Post Office.
Please contact HMRC on 0300 200 3840 to use this service.
Information you'll need
To make a payment you will need your:
- Debit or credit card details.
- Corporation Tax reference number. This is shown on the bottom line of your payslip on the left hand side. The reference is made up of 17 characters, for example 1234005678A00101A - this reference is only an example and should not be used to make a payment.
Paying Corporation Tax by debit or credit card over the internet: BillPay
If you have a debit or credit card issued by a UK card issuer, you can pay your Corporation Tax over the internet using the BillPay service provided by Santander Corporate Banking (formerly Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank).
If you wish to pay by credit card a non-refundable transaction fee of 1.4 per cent will be added to the charge. Any charge of less than £0.01 will be rounded up to a penny.
HMRC does not accept American Express or Diners Club cards.
A BillPay payment takes three bank working days to reach HMRC. Bank working days are Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.
Information you'll need
To make a payment you will need your:
- Debit or credit card details.
- Corporation Tax reference number. This is shown on the bottom line of your payslip on the left hand side. The reference is made up of 17 characters, for example 1234005678A00101A - this reference is only an example and should not be used to make a payment. Your reference is specific to the accounting period you are paying so please quote it exactly.
Paying Corporation Tax by internet, telephone banking or Bacs Direct Credit
You can use your bank or building society services to pay by internet, telephone banking or Bacs Direct Credit (available to businesses that are authorised by their bank to submit files direct to Bacs). To make the payment you will need HMRC's bank account details given below and your Corporation Tax reference number.
If you pay using any of these methods, your bank will transfer your money electronically to HMRC's bank account.
It normally takes three bank working days for payment to reach HMRC. Bank working days are Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays. Some banks and building societies can take longer. You should check with your bank or building society to see how long they take to transfer payment and what their cut-off time is for initiating payment. If they take longer then you will need to initiate your payment earlier.
Providing HMRC bank account details
You will need to provide your bank or building society with HMRC's bank account details - please refer to the back of your payslip to check which of the Accounts Offices below is relevant for you.
Please take care if you need to enter HMRC's bank account details. If you make a mistake with the sort code or account number there may be a delay before your record is credited or your payment may not be received at all.
When paying by Bacs Direct Credit, internet or telephone banking you should only use the bank account details shown below and not the account number shown on the front of your HMRC payslip as this sort code is only for payments made by Bank Giro or at a Post Office.
Accounts Office |
Sort Code |
Account Number |
Account Name |
Cumbernauld |
08-32-10 |
12001039 |
HMRC Cumbernauld |
Shipley |
08-32-10 |
12001020 |
HMRC Shipley |
If your bank asks for the address of the bank to which payment is being made please use
Citi
Citgroup Centre
Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5LB
Your Corporation Tax reference number
You will need to provide HMRC with your Corporation Tax reference number. This is shown on the bottom line of your payslip on the left hand side. The reference is made up of 17 characters, for example 1234005678A00101A - this reference is only an example and should not be used to make a payment. Your reference is specific to the accounting period you are paying so please quote it exactly. If you provide an incorrect reference number there may be a delay before your account is credited.
If you don't know your specific reference for the accounting period you want to pay you should contact HMRC on Tel 01236 785057. You will also need to provide HMRC with your ten-digit Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR).
Alternatively if none of the above methods are right for you, you could pay the money to us by cheque or bank transfer we can then pay the money over to HMRC for you, for more details on this please contact us.
