Overview

The deadline for your payment will depend on your taxable profits.

This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

Taxable profits of up to £1.5 million

You must pay your Corporation Tax 9 months and 1 day after the end of your accounting period. Your accounting period is usually your financial year, but you may have 2 accounting periods in the year you set up your company.

Taxable profits of more than £1.5 million

You must pay your Corporation Tax in instalments.

Check the rules and deadlines:

Paying Corporation Tax penalties

You바카라 사이트™re charged late filing penalties if you do not file your Company Tax Return on time, even if there is no tax to pay.

Pay penalties using:

  • any of the available ways to pay 
  • the 17-character Corporation Tax payment reference number for the accounting period that the penalties apply to

You can find your payment reference number:

  • on your 바카라 사이트˜notice to deliver your tax return바카라 사이트™
  • on any reminders from HMRC
  • in your company바카라 사이트™s

Ways to pay

Make sure you pay HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by the deadline. They may charge you interest if you do not pay on time. They바카라 사이트™ll pay you interest if you pay your tax early.

Choose the way to pay that allows enough time for your payment to clear.

You cannot pay Corporation Tax by post.

Same day or next day

3 working days

5 working days

If the deadline falls on a weekend or bank holiday, make sure your payment reaches HMRC on the last working day before it (unless you바카라 사이트™re paying by Faster Payments using online or telephone banking).