HMRC Time to Pay - phone call script

Prepared script for phoning HMRC's Self Assessment Time to Pay line - answer the income, expenditure and assets questions honestly and quickly without being railroaded.

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Your full legal name *

Self Assessment UTR *

National Insurance number *

Tax year of the debt *

Total tax owed (£) *

Amount you can pay today (£) *

Affordable monthly amount (£) *

Months requested *

Other priority debts (one line) *

Reason you can't pay in full *

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Evidence you'll also need

Your UTR + National Insurance number.
A one-page budget (income, essential outgoings, other priority debts) — HMRC will ask.
An honest weekly earnings figure across all platforms you use.
Bank account details for the Direct Debit you'll set up at the end of the call.

The template fields are blank. Complete them to generate your letter.