Everyone has a ‘personal tax account’. You can use your personal tax account to do various things, including checking your PAYE tax code, completing and submitting a tax return, claiming a tax refund, managing your tax credits, checking your state pension and telling HMRC about a change in your address.

You access your personal tax account via www.gov.uk/personal-tax-account . You need to prove your identity, by using your government gateway account, if you have one, or by using the government’s Verify system (see www.gov.uk/government/publications/introducing-govuk-verify/introducing-govuk-verify ). You also need a national insurance number (see Chapter 58(2) ).

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