This page explains how and when you make repayments on your student loans via the tax system if you are on Plan 1, Plan 2, Plan 4 or Plan 5 income-contingent loans. 

If you want to work or claim benefits in the UK, you must have a National Insurance number. On this page we explain what a National Insurance number is, where to get one and what to do if you lose or forget it.

This page is for people who are unable to pay their tax bill or who have tax debt. If you have received an overpayment of tax credits or have a tax credits debt, you should look at Tax credits: overpayments page in our benefits section.

If HMRC discover you have not declared tax they think you owe, they may issue a discovery assessment to try and collect that tax.

Self Assessment is a way of reporting your taxable income and paying tax. Under Self Assessment you submit a tax return to HMRC, giving details of your income and gains for a whole tax year. Not everyone is required to submit an annual Self Assessment tax return – it will depend on whether you meet ...

You only pay income tax on taxable income that exceeds certain tax allowances. Tax allowances can reduce the amount of income tax you have to pay. Not all allowances work in the same way. Some reduce the amount of income that you have to pay tax on, others provide an amount (a tax credit or tax ...