Guidance

Sign in to your HMRC business tax account

If you manage one or more business taxes online, sign in to your business tax account to view your tax position and manage all your taxes from one place.

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published
28 September 2020
Last updated
2420 AprilJuly 2023 — See all updates

You can use your business tax account once you have registered for a business tax online.

Who can use it

Individuals, sole traders, partnerships and limited companies can use it to get a snapshot of their tax position for over 40 taxes including:

  • Self Assessment
  • VAT
  • PAYE
  • Corporation Tax

If you know you already manage your business tax online, you can sign in to your business tax account.

Using your account

You can use your HMRC business tax account to:

  • check your tax position for taxes that you have registered for
  • make returns and payments
  • add or remove a tax, duty or scheme
  • give a team member access to a tax duty or scheme
  • check secure messages from HMRC
  • add, view or change a tax agent
  • get help with your taxes
  • update your contact details
  • sign up for paperless notifications
  • change your Government Gateway useuser ID and security preferences

What

you’llStart neednow to

Before signyou instart

YouYou’ll mustneed use the Government Gateway user ID and password you createdused when you first registered a business tax.

Services Sign in

Do not create a new Government Gateway user ID and password. To view all your business taxes in one place you mustcan use onlyfrom one ID for all your online business tax services and sign into the business tax account with it.

You can get help with HMRC services if you have problems signing in.

Services you can use from the business tax account

for:

  • AEOIAdvance —Tariff Automatic exchange of informationRulings 
  • Alcohol and tobaccoTobacco Warehousing DeclarationsDeclarations (ATWD)
  • Anti-moneyAlcohol launderingWholesaler supervisionRegistration Scheme (AWRS)
  • Annual Tax on Enveloped DwellingsDwellings (ATED)
  • CompanyAutomatic TaxExchange onlineof Information (AEOI) 
  • CharitiesCharities 
  • Child Trust Fund
  • Construction Industry SchemeScheme (CIS)
  • Corporation TaxTax 
  • Duty Deferment Electronic StatementsStatements (DDES)
  • Employmentelectronic relatedBinding securitiesTariff Information (eBTI)
  • PAYE for employers 
  • Excise Movement and Control SystemSystem (EMCS)
  • Fulfilment HousesHouse Due DilligenceDiligence ServiceScheme 
  • Gambling Tax servicesService (GTS)
  • ImportHMRC ControlMoney SystemLaundering Regulations (MLR) 
  • IntrastatImport supplementaryControl declarationSystem 
  • Machine GamingGames DutyDuty (MGD)
  • Making Tax Digital for VATIncome Tax 
  • Making Tax Digital for Income TaxVAT 
  • GamblingNew TaxComputerised serviceTransit — merged GamblingSystem (NCTS)
  • ModernisingNew StampExport DutyScheme (NES)
  • NewOne ComputerisedStop TransitShop System(OSS) 
  • NationalPension ExportSchemes Systemfor administrators
  • NotificationPension ofSchemes Vehiclefor Arrivalspractitioners
  • PAYEPensions forOnline EmployersDigital Service 
  • PensionPensions schemeOnline onlineDigital forService administratorspensions practitioner 
  • PensionPersonal schemetax account 
  • Plastic onlinePackaging for practitionersTax 
  • Rebated oilsOils enquiryEnquiry serviceService 
  • Self AssessmentAssessment 
  • Self Assessment for partnerships and truststrusts 
  • Shared Workspace 
  • Soft Drinks Industry LevyLevy 
  • SecureStamp messagingDuty Land Tax online for organisations 
  • SharedSubmit Workspacean employment intermediary report 
  • Tied oilsOils enquiryEnquiry serviceService 
  • VAT
  • VAT EC salesSales listsList (ECSL) 
  • VAT EU refundsRefunds 
  • VAT GIANT
  • VATGovernment OneInformation Stopand ShopNational (OSS)Health UnionTrusts scheme(GIANT) 
  • VAT Mini One Stop Shop — Businessesbusinesses withinoutside the EU (VAT MOSS Non Union) 
  • VAT Mini One Stop Shop — Businessesbusinesses Outsidewithin of the EU (VAT MOSS Union) 
  • VAT reverseNotification chargeof salesVehicle listarrivals (NOVA) 
  • VAT VARReverse Charge Sales List (RCSL )

More information

Watch a video about how to add a tax through your Business Tax Account.

Published 28 September 2020
Last updated 2420 AprilJuly 2023 + show all updates

  1. The list of services you can use from the business tax account has been updated.

  2. You can now access the OSS Union scheme through your HMRC business tax account.

  3. Watch a video about how to add a service through your Business Tax Account has been added.

  4. Added translation

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