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The mapTax authorityReturns, Payments & Debt

Payments, refunds & debt collection

partly covered · 12 open projects

Payment channels, taxpayer accounts, refunds, arrears, payment plans and enforcement.

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HMRC's penalties, Time to Pay, payments, repayment-tracker and refund services and its Self Assessment accounts and financial-transactions APIs are open: one authority's whole payments stack, tied to its platform. A taxpayer ledger or an interest and penalty engine another authority could reuse: nothing open.

A draft: not yet reviewed by a tax specialist.

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The account API shows what a taxpayer ledger holds; the penalties service shows the rules applied to it.

Its 12 projects

ProjectKindJurisdictionLast updateStars
HMRC Self Assessment accounts APIAPI for a Self Assessment account: balance (overdue, payable, pending), charges, payments and allocations.APIsUKSep 2026—
HMRC penalties serviceHMRC's late-submission and late-payment penalty service: backend, VAT and income tax frontends, appeals.APIsUKJul 2026—
HMRC Enhanced Self Serve Time To PayHMRC's payment-plan journey for tax debts: eligibility check, affordability and plan selection, and backend.APIsUKSep 2026—
HMRC EU VAT refundsHMRC service for EU VAT refund claims, started in 2026.APIsUKOct 2026—
HMRC financial transactions (VAT)Service returning MTD VAT liabilities, payments and late-payment penalty details, with direct debit checks.APIsUKJul 2026—
HMRC individuals charges APIAPI to view and manage individuals' pension and high income child benefit charges.APIsUKOct 2026—
HMRC payments servicesHMRC's payment services: processor, orchestrator, card, mobile and telephone payments, national direct debit.APIsUKSep 2026—
HMRC Self Assessment refundFrontend for claiming a Self Assessment refund.APIsUKSep 2026—
HMRC third-party payments APIExternal API that lets third-party software initiate a payment to HMRC.APIsUKJun 2026—
HMRC Time to PayHMRC's Time to Pay services: the arrangement backend, the self-service frontend, proxy API and taxpayer data.APIsUKMar 2026—
HMRC VAT repayment trackerService where businesses track the progress of a VAT repayment: frontend and backend.APIsUKSep 2026—
HMRC View and change income tax (MTD)Frontend where MTD income tax customers view calculations, charges and payments and make changes.APIsUKOct 2026—

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