Know your HMRC online services details

The deadline for submitting employees' benefits for the year 2009/10 is looming, benefits and expenses for the year ended 5 April 2010, are due for submission to HMRC by 6 July 2010. The process of gathering the necessary information can take some time, so it is important that this process is not left to the last minute.

Although the process of benefits submissions through GTax can literally take a few minutes, we would like to remind our customers to ensure their HMRC online services' details are up to date and entered correctly, we have been contacted by a few customers receiving authentication errors when trying to submit their benefits, most of the time this can be caused by entering incorrect information in the “Tax District Number” and “Account Office Reference” boxes in your Online Filing settings.

To fill the Accounts Office reference you should find the 13 character number on the yellow PAYE Payslip booklet supplied by HM Revenue & Customs, in the format of 123PA12345 or 123PA00045678 (three numbers, two letters, eight numbers).

Example: If the Accounts Office reference on the PAYE Payslip booklet is 670PA78692 (or 670/PA78692) then you should put 670 in “Tax District Number” box and PA78692 in the “Account Office Reference” box when setting the "Online filing" details in your account at GTax.

You will also notice that we have revamped the online filing screen to make it easier and faster to enter your Accounts Office and authentication details. the Tax District screen is now integrated within the online filing one to give you a better insight of your online services details in a single view.

Good luck with your submission for this year and please get in touch if you need any help.