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Paying tax to HMRC

This ICAEW Tax Faculty guide summarises the different methods of paying tax over to HMRC. It is not intended to cover other means of paying tax such as coding adjustments. It also touches briefly on what taxpayers can do if they cannot pay.

Links to the relevant sections of the HMRC website are provided. Full information on how to pay all taxes and duties can be found on HMRC's web page Paying HMRC.

Taxpayers can set up a direct debit through their HMRC online account to pay the following taxes:


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