paying in a check at the Post Office (no bank account)

QrizB

sheramber said:

don't feed the troll. 

he probably has several bank accounts and is sitting wind you all up and laughing at you.

OP is Jeff Bezos's alt account 🤣

Thank you all, catching up with this thread has given me no end of amusement this evening.

GeoffTF

Section62 said:

Does HMRC have a system for accepting business tax/NI payments in cash?

HMRC says they do for personal tax bills:

https://www.gov.uk/pay-self-assessment-tax-bill/bank-or-building-society

I tried to pay at Santander with a cheque and the slip several years ago. The cashier said that they were not part of the bank giro system and I should go to Barclays (which held HMRC's collection account). Barclays allowed me to pay with some reluctance (I was not a Barclays customer). The answer probably is that you can pay HMRC in cash with a paper slip at Barclays branch. I very much doubt whether you could pay in cash at a Building Society as HMRC claims.

Section62

GeoffTF said:

Section62 said:

Does HMRC have a system for accepting business tax/NI payments in cash?

HMRC says they do for personal tax bills:

https://www.gov.uk/pay-self-assessment-tax-bill/bank-or-building-society

I tried to pay at Santander with a cheque and the slip several years ago. The cashier said that they were not part of the bank giro system and I should go to Barclays (which held HMRC's collection account). Barclays allowed me to pay with some reluctance (I was not a Barclays customer). The answer probably is that you can pay HMRC in cash with a paper slip at Barclays branch. I very much doubt whether you could pay in cash at a Building Society as HMRC claims.

Yes, although the OP was hoping to run a cash-only business, and afaik there is no way to pay business tax or NI using cash (or carrots or potatoes).

Not paying tax can earn you a holiday of the kind Lester Piggott got to enjoy.  Being unwilling/unable to pay what is owed because of a lack of banking facilities might lead to an aspiring businessperson having the same kind of experience.