The business tax dashboard is a service provided by HMRC within your government gateway / online account. If you wish to use the service you will need to register for it from within your online account when you log in to either your corporation tax or self assessment service.
Once registered, it can be accessed straight away. From within the dashboard you can see on a single page, the tax position for the business related taxes you are registered for.
For each tax, you will be able to see the overall position and more detailed information such as payments made, interest on late payments, penalties incurred and direct debit plans.
You can use the dashboard to view information as follows:
- Corporation Tax - information for accounting periods from 1 October 1993 onwards
- Self Assessment - information for the tax year 1996-97 onwards
- PAYE for employers - information for the tax year 2010-11 onwards
- VAT - information for the current date and previous 15 months
Contact details can also be changed from the dashboard.
The system is updated overnight from Monday to Friday but the drawback is that the dashboard will only reflect returns and payments that have reached HMRC systems. HMRC have updated their guidance and have confirmed that for real time submissions, updates will be twice a month, after the 6th and 19th for the tax month just ended.
You can sign into your online account here.
