When making your current monthly or quarterly payments you’ll need to provide your PAYE/Class 1 National Insurance contributions Accounts Office reference number. You’ll find this printed in the format 123PA00012345 on the front of the payslip booklet HMRC sends you or on the letter sent in place of the booklet.
To check that your reference number is correct, please enter it below then click on the ‘Check reference’ button.
Enter the first three characters P Enter the 1st character after the "P" character Enter the remaining characters of your reference
Press 'Clear' to clear the number and start again.
To find out what reference number to use if making a PAYE/Class 1 NICs payment for a previous or future month or quarter that is in the current tax year, follow the link below and go to the section ‘Paying by Internet, telephone banking or BACS Direct Credit’. There is no HMRC reference checker to use for this.
How to pay PAYE/Class 1 National Insurance
If you’re making a payment for a previous tax year you need to add extra digits to the reference. To find out more, and check that you’re using the right reference, please use the link below.
Previous year PAYE and NICs payments Accounts Office reference checker
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