HMRC online services: sign in or set up an account
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1. Sign in to HMRC online services
Once you鈥檝e set up an account, you can sign in for things like your personal or business tax account, Self Assessment, Corporation Tax, PAYE for employers and VAT.
This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).
If you cannot sign in to your account
Get help if you鈥檙e having problems signing in to your account.
Services with a different login
There鈥檚 a different way to sign in for:
- excise, import and export services
- your childcare account
- your Capital Gains Tax on UK property account
Services you can use with your HMRC online account
Use your HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) online account to for:
- Advance Tariff Rulings
- Advance Valuation Rulings
- Alcohol Duty
- Alcohol and Tobacco Warehousing
- Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme
- Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings
- Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI)
- Business tax account
- Charities Online
- Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)
- Corporation Tax
- Duty Deferment Electronic Statements (DDES)
- Economic Crime Levy
- Employment Intermediaries
- Employment Related Securities
- Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS)
- Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme
- Gambling Tax Service
- Gift Aid
- Import Control System (ICS)
- Intrastat Supplementary Declaration
- Machine Games Duty
- Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
- Making Tax Digital for VAT
- Managing Pension Schemes
- Money laundering supervision
- New Computerised Transit System (NCTS)
- New Export Scheme (NES)
- One Stop Shop (OSS)
- PAYE for employers
- Pensions Schemes Online
- Personal tax account
- Pillar 2
- Plastic Packaging Tax
- Rebated Oils Enquiry Service
- Self Assessment
- Self Assessment for partnerships and trusts
- Shared Workspace
- Soft Drinks Industry Levy
- Stamp Taxes
- Tied Oil Enquiry Service
- VAT聽EC Sales List
- VAT EU Refunds聽
- VAT Government Information and National Health Trusts (GIANT)
- VAT Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) Scheme
- VAT Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) Schemes
- VAT Notification of Vehicle Arrivals (NOVA)
2. Set up an account for HMRC online services
You鈥檒l need to sign in to use HMRC鈥檚 online services. If you do not already have sign in details, you鈥檒l be able to create them.
There are 3 types of account:
- individual accounts
- organisation accounts
- accounts for agents
Individual accounts
You can, for example:
- set up a personal tax account to check things like your Income Tax estimate and tax code, update your personal details and claim a tax refund if one鈥檚 due
- register for Self Assessment if you need to send a Self Assessment tax return to report rental or investment income
You can use the same sign in details to access both accounts. For example, if you set up a personal tax account you can then add Self Assessment to that account.
Organisation accounts
These include accounts for:
- businesses, such as limited companies, partnerships and sole traders (business tax accounts)
- trusts that need to be registered
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Business tax accounts
Once you鈥檝e set up your business tax account, you can use it to for example:
- register for Self Assessment if you鈥檙e self-employed
- register for VAT if your taxable turnover is over the VAT threshold
- set up PAYE because you鈥檝e started to employ people
- add Corporation Tax services if you鈥檝e set up a limited company or other organisation that needs to pay this tax
If you鈥檙e an agent
You can use HMRC online services on behalf of your clients if you鈥檙e a tax agent or adviser.
3. Get help with signing in to HMRC online services
You can get help with signing in to HMRC鈥檚 online services if you鈥檙e having problems.
Lost user ID or password
You can recover or reset your sign in details if you鈥檝e lost them. You鈥檒l be told how to do this when you try to sign in.
If you鈥檙e asked for an activation code
You may need to enter a 12-digit activation code the first time you use a HMRC service.
You鈥檒l have been told if you need an activation code when you enrolled for the service. You鈥檒l get your activation code by post within 10 days (21 days if you live abroad).
If you need a new activation code
If you cannot find your activation code or if your code has expired you can request a new one.
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Select 鈥榬equest a new activation code鈥� or enrol for the service again.
You鈥檒l get your new code by post within 10 days (21 days if you live abroad).
If you鈥檝e been locked out of your account
You will be locked out of your account if you enter the wrong sign in details too many times.
Your account will unlock after 2 hours. Helpdesk advisers cannot unlock your account.
Service availability and issues
Online services may be slow during busy times. Check if there are any problems with services.
Get help with other problems
You can for help with using HMRC online services.
If the digital assistant cannot help, you can ask to be transferred to a webchat with an HMRC adviser, if they鈥檙e available.
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