Change description : 2025-04-07 11:11:00: Tax year references have been updated in the sections ‘Income Tax returns’ and ‘If you failed to notify HMRC that you’d started in business’. [Guidance and regulation]
Information about disclosing any R&D relief you've claimed in error has been added to the 'Ways to make a disclosure' section.
29 August 2024
Links to check how to register for Self Assessment and to information about National Insurance and paying voluntary Class 2 contributions have been added to the 'Class 2 National Insurance contributions' section.
6 August 2024
Information about disclosing unpaid tax on cryptoassets and misuse of your till system has been added to the 'Ways to make a disclosure' section. Information about getting extra support from HMRC has been added to the 'If you need help' section.
30 January 2024
In the 'General information' section, the 'Onshore voluntary disclosures for individuals' heading has been updated to 'Disclosures of onshore liabilities where HMRC have not contacted you'. The address to send disclosures to has been updated in section 'Other potential liabilities you can tell us about in your disclosure’.
3 October 2023
Clarified that you cannot use the digital disclosure service for VAT related errors. Updated the addresses for postal VAT registration applications and notifying HMRC of VAT related errors.
18 April 2023
Information about HMRC helplines has been updated in the 'General information' section.
6 April 2023
The guidance has been updated at sections 'Income Tax returns' and 'If you failed to notify HMRC that you'd started in business'.
14 November 2022
The guidance has been updated to explain how to disclose Inheritance Tax using the Digital Disclosure Service.
5 April 2022
We have updated the guidance for 2022.
15 March 2022
New sections about 'other disclosures' and the 'Contractual Disclosure Facility' have been added.
6 September 2021
Disclosure guidance added where the tax loss involves an offshore matter or offshore transfer .
6 April 2021
Guidance has been updated for 2021.
21 September 2020
The email address for sending a full disclosure has been updated at section 3.6.
14 August 2020
The guidance has been updated with information about your rights when considering penalties and what to do if you need help.
6 April 2020
The guidance has been updated with which tax years you can make a disclosure for, when you need to let HMRC know by if you failed to tell us you’d started in business, and for how many previous years you can use the calculator to work out interest and penalties that are due on tax liability.
15 August 2019
The help and advice information, section 7.1 has been updated with what to do if you have a question about Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax and National Insurance Contributions.
1 August 2019
The post address under sections 5.5 and 7.5 has been updated.
6 June 2019
The customer helpline opening hours have been updated.
31 May 2019
Page updated with customer helpline opening times.
9 April 2019
Sections 3.1, 3.7 and 3.8 have been updated to link to the latest penalty and interest calculator.
6 April 2019
The guidance has been updated on which tax years you can make a disclosure for.
18 January 2019
Information about using the new COMP1a form has been added to the section about how to notify and disclose to HMRC for agents.
22 October 2018
The postal address to send employment liability disclosures to has been updated.
25 July 2018
The How to calculate what you owe section has been updated to include a link to the guidance for payments on account.
6 April 2018
The guidance has been updated on which tax years you can make a disclosure for.
23 February 2018
An address for employers to tell HMRC they have liabilities to settle has been added to the employer liabilities section.
17 November 2017
The section 'When to pay' has been amended with additional information on time to pay.
8 August 2017
Paragraph 1.1 updated with email and postal addresses for employers disclosing inaccuracies for inbound foreign nationals.
8 May 2017
This guidance has been updated to reflect issues with agent access to the Digital Disclosure Service via Government Gateway have been resolved.