During 2009 HMRC moved its banking services from the Bank of England to Citi and Royal Bank of Scotland Group. This meant that all HMRC bank sort codes and account numbers changed during 2009.

Although HMRC temporarily continued to accept payments made using the old Bank of England account details, this will change during 2010 when the old accounts will be closed. If you’ve not yet set up your payments to go to the new accounts please do so now – see below for more on how to do this. If you pay by Bank Giro, please make sure you use one of the newly issued payslips slips.

If you are paying HMRC by Direct Debit you don’t need to do anything. Your Direct Debit instruction remains active.

Return of payments made to old accounts

From 2010, if you make a payment using the old bank account numbers it may be returned. This could result in your payment reaching HMRC late, which in turn could lead to your being charged a late payment penalty, interest or surcharges.

New account details for BACS Direct Credit, Internet/telephone banking or CHAPS

To check the new HMRC bank account details for payments by BACS Direct Credit, Internet/telephone banking or CHAPS please follow the link below and read the relevant guide for the type of tax or other payment you’re making.

New account details if you pay by Bank Giro

When making a payment you must ensure that you are using a payslip that contains HMRC’s new NatWest (which is part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group) account details. Please don’t use any payslips containing the old Bank of England details.

HMRC has updated most of its payslips that are issued to customers. If you only have payslips that contain HMRC’s old Bank of England account details please contact the office that issued them to you and ask for replacements.

Source: HMRC. www.hmrc.gov.uk. Copyright Acknowledged.