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Once you’ve 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.

If you cannot sign in to your account

Get help if you’re having problems signing in to your account.

Services with a different login

There’s 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
• ÒÁÈËÖ±²¥ 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 EC Sales List
• VAT EU Refunds 
• 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)

You’ll need to sign in to use HMRC’s online services. If you do not already have sign in details, you’ll 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’s 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’ve set up your business tax account, you can use it to for example:

• register for Self Assessment if you’re self-employed
• register for VAT if your taxable turnover is over the VAT threshold
• set up PAYE because you’ve started to employ people
• add Corporation Tax services if you’ve set up a limited company or other organisation that needs to pay this tax

If you’re an agent

You can use HMRC online services on behalf of your clients if you’re a tax agent or adviser.

You can get help with signing in to HMRC’s online services if you’re having problems.

Lost user ID or password

You can recover or reset your sign in details if you’ve lost them. You’ll be told how to do this when you try to sign in.

If you’re asked for an activation code

You may need to enter a 12-digit activation code the first time you use a HMRC service.

You’ll have been told if you need an activation code when you enrolled for the service. You’ll 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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2. Select ‘request a new activation code’ or enrol for the service again.

You’ll get your new code by post within 10 days (21 days if you live abroad).

If you’ve 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’re available.

You can also get help with:

• VAT online services
• technical problems in other HMRC online services