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Guidance

Download the HMRC app

HowDownload to download and access the HMRC app on a mobile device to getmanage information about your tax,details, Nationaltaxes Insurance and benefits.

Watch our YouTube video to find out what you can use the HMRC app for:

Make life easier with the HMRC app.

Get the app

You can download the app fromfor the:iOS and Android devices.

Get the HMRC App from the apple app store Get the HMRC App from the apple app store

 Get the HMRC App from the google play store

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    We want as many people as possible to be able to use the HMRC app. Our accessibility statements describe how the app works with assistive technologies:

    Data protection in the app

    For more information about how HMRC and other organisations may use your data when you use the HMRC App, read the HMRC App Privacy Notice.

Updates to this page

Published 4 November 2022
Last updated 147 AugustSeptember 2026 Show all updates
  1. Guidance about how you can use the HMRC app to manage your information, taxes and benefits has been added.

  2. Information about data protection in the HMRC App has been added.

  3. 'What the app does' has been updated - you can now use the app to tell HMRC you no longer need to send a tax return.

  4. The link to the HMRC specific feedback form has been removed.

  5. This page has been updated due to tax credits discontinued from 5 April 2025. All references to tax credits have been removed.

  6. Added translation

  7. The 'Make life easier with the HMRC app' YouTube video has been updated.

  8. You can now use the HRMC app to make a Simple Assessment payment, check for gaps in National Insurance contributions and also check if you can make online payments for gaps in your National Insurance contributions.

  9. If you do not have a UK address and you do not know your National Insurance number, follow the guidance to find a lost National Insurance number before trying to create a Government Gateway user ID.

  10. You can now use the HMRC app to update your name, save your National Insurance number to your digital wallet and to get help from HMRC's digital assistant.

  11. This page has been updated to show you can use the HMRC app to check your Child Benefit and State Pension, set a reminder to make a Self Assessment payment and choosing to be contacted by HMRC electronically instead of by paper.

  12. Added translation.

  13. Links to the accessibility statements for the HMRC app have been added.

  14. First published.

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Update history

2026-09-07 15:06
Guidance about how you can use the HMRC app to manage your information, taxes and benefits has been added.

2026-08-14 09:22
Information about data protection in the HMRC App has been added.

2026-02-17 16:31
‘What the app does’ has been updated – you can now use the app to tell HMRC you no longer need to send a tax return.

2025-05-16 14:23
The link to the HMRC specific feedback form has been removed.

2025-04-06 00:01
This page has been updated due to tax credits discontinued from 5 April 2025. All references to tax credits have been removed.

2025-01-31 14:38
Added translation

2024-12-12 12:36
The ‘Make life easier with the HMRC app’ YouTube video has been updated.

2024-04-29 12:00
You can now use the HRMC app to make a Simple Assessment payment, check for gaps in National Insurance contributions and also check if you can make online payments for gaps in your National Insurance contributions.

2024-01-22 15:09
If you do not have a UK address and you do not know your National Insurance number, follow the guidance to find a lost National Insurance number before trying to create a Government Gateway user ID.

2023-11-22 14:44
You can now use the HMRC app to update your name, save your National Insurance number to your digital wallet and to get help from HMRC’s digital assistant.

2023-08-14 13:26
This page has been updated to show you can use the HMRC app to check your Child Benefit and State Pension, set a reminder to make a Self Assessment payment and choosing to be contacted by HMRC electronically instead of by paper.

2023-02-02 10:14
Added translation.

2023-01-25 10:06
Links to the accessibility statements for the HMRC app have been added.

2022-11-04 13:59
First published.