You had the option to defer your second payment on account if you were:
- registered in the UK for Self Assessment and
- finding it difficult to make that payment by 31 July 2020 due to the impact of coronavirus
You can still pay your deferred July 2020 payment on account any time up to 31 January 2021. There’ll be no interest or penalty as long as you pay in full by that date.
If you chose to defer your July 2020 payment on account
If you receive a Self Assessment statement before 31 January 2021 it may still show the deferred July 2020 payment on account as due and payable now.
You can still pay your deferred July 2020 payment on account any time up to 31 January 2021. You’ll not have interest or a penalty as long as you pay in full by that date.
Some statements may also show interest accruing if you have any payments on account. This interest will only apply to those other payments, not your deferred July 2020 payment on account.
If you’ve submitted your 2019 to 2020 return before you got your June 2020 statement
Your June 2020 Self Assessment statement will only show the revised due date for the July 2020 payment on account, plus any payments due in the next 45 days.
If you submit your 2019 to 2020 return before the December 2020 statements are issued
Your December statement will show all payments due on 31 January 2021, these could be:
- your deferred July 2020 payment on account (if it remains unpaid)
- any 2019 to 2020 balancing charge
- your first 2020 to 2021 payment on account