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Authorise an agent for certain taxes through your business tax account

Find out what to do if your agent asks you to authorise them through your business tax account.

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published
6 October 2022

You must not give your log in credentials to your agent or anyone else.

If you바카라 사이트檙e an agent, you must not use your client바카라 사이트檚 credentials to log into any account. Find out how to register and get authorised as a tax agent to deal with HMRC.

If you바카라 사이트檙e a registered tax agent you can change or remove your authorisations.

Before an agent can deal with HMRC on your behalf you must first authorise them. How you authorise a tax agent is different depending on which tax they are dealing with.

You can authorise a tax agent through your business tax account for:

  • PAYE for employers
  • Construction Industry Scheme
  • VAT
  • VAT EU refunds
  • VAT Mini One Stop Shop
  • Notification of Vehicle Arrivals (NOVA)
  • Machine Games Duty
  • Gambling Tax
  • Employment Related Securities

For Self Assessment and Corporation Tax, talk to your agent about how they can get authorised.

For some taxes, your agent may ask you to authorise them using a link that they send to you 바카라 사이트� this is known as a digital handshake. Find out how you can authorise an agent using the digital handshake.

If you are unsure, you should speak to your agent about the best method for authorising them.

How to add a tax agent yourself in your business tax account

  1. Get an Agent 바카라 사이트 Gateway Identifier from your agent.

  2. Sign in to your business tax account using your 바카라 사이트 Gateway user ID and password.

  3. Select 바카라 사이트淢anage account바카라 사이트�.

  4. On the 바카라 사이트淢anage account바카라 사이트� page, under the 바카라 사이트淭ax agents바카라 사이트� category select 바카라 사이트淎dd, view or change tax agents바카라 사이트�.

  5. Select which tax you want to add a tax agent to.

  6. On the 바카라 사이트淢anage who can access your taxes and schemes바카라 사이트� page, select 바카라 사이트淎dd an agent바카라 사이트� for the tax that you would like to update.

  7. On the 바카라 사이트淎dd an agent to this tax or scheme?바카라 사이트� page, enter the agent ID.

  8. After entering the agent ID you will be asked to confirm that your agent바카라 사이트檚 details are correct 바카라 사이트� if they are select 바카라 사이트淎dd agent바카라 사이트�.

If you need remove a tax agent바카라 사이트檚 authorisation

If you need to stop someone from dealing with HMRC on your behalf, you can remove their authorisation through your business tax account.

Find out how to change or remove your tax agent바카라 사이트檚 authorisation.

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Published 6 October 2022

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