Receive Income Tax or PAYE repayments on behalf of others
Find out if you need an agent services account (ASA) and an agent reference number to receive Income Tax or PAYE repayments for other people.
This guidance applies to you if you charge fees to submit Income Tax or PAYE repayment claims on behalf of others and you are nominated by them to receive the repayment.
FromYou 26 February 2024, you will need to register with HMRC for an agent services account and include your details in the nomination section of the relevant claim form to receive the repayment.
The details must include your:
- agent reference number (given to you after you’ve created an agent services account)
- name and address (which must match your agent services account details)
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Information added about using an advanced electronic signature process from 6 April 2025. Out of date information about forms has been removed.
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Information about the what sections of a R40 form must be completed to receive a repayment on behalf of someone else has been added. These changes come into effect from 30 April 2024.
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First published.
Update history
2025-04-06 00:15
Your client’s signature must have been included within the 6 months before sending the nomination to us. If the signature has been included outside this period, the nomination will not be accepted.
2025-02-05 12:59
Information has been added about what forms this guidance applies to, using an advanced electronic signature process and when a handwritten signature may be accepted.
2024-10-30 15:01
Information added about using an advanced electronic signature process from 6 April 2025. Out of date information about forms has been removed.
2024-01-30 14:08
Information about the what sections of a R40 form must be completed to receive a repayment on behalf of someone else has been added. These changes come into effect from 30 April 2024.
2023-10-30 11:00
First published.