Verifying ID: What ID is acceptable?
If you are unable to submit your Tax Return using your own HMRC ID Gateway details, we are able to make the submission on your behalf. In order for us to do this, you must complete an ID check using our third party verification software (Stripe verify).
They do accept some driving licenses but passports are more widely supported. The countries that are accepted can be seen in the table below:
| Albania |
Ecuador |
Latvia |
Romania |
| Algeria |
Egypt |
Lebanon |
Russia |
| Argentina |
El Salvador |
Liechtenstein |
Saudi Arabia |
| Armenia |
Estonia |
Lithuania |
Serbia |
| Australia |
Finland |
Luxembourg |
Singapore |
| Austria |
France |
Malaysia |
Slovakia |
| Azerbaijan |
Georgia |
Malta |
Slovenia |
| Bahamas |
Germany |
Mauritius |
South Africa |
| Bahrain |
Ghana |
Mexico |
South Korea |
| Bangladesh |
Greece |
Moldova |
Spain |
| Belarus |
Guatemala |
Mongolia |
Sri Lanka |
| Belgium |
Haiti |
Morocco |
Sweden |
| Benin |
Honduras |
Myanmar (Burma) |
Switzerland |
| Bolivia |
Hong Kong |
Nepal |
Taiwan |
| Brazil |
Hungary |
Netherlands |
Thailand |
| Bulgaria |
India |
New Zealand |
Tunisia |
| Cameroon |
Indonesia |
Nigeria |
Turkey |
| Canada |
Iraq |
North Macedonia |
Uganda |
| Chile |
Ireland |
Norway |
Ukraine |
| China |
Israel |
Pakistan |
United Arab Emirates |
| Colombia |
Italy |
Palestinian Territories |
United Kingdom |
| Costa Rica |
Jamaica |
Panama |
United States |
| Côte d’Ivoire |
Japan |
Paraguay |
Uruguay |
| Croatia |
Jersey |
Peru |
Uzbekistan |
| Cyprus |
Jordan |
Philippines |
Venezuela |
| Czech Republic |
Kazakhstan |
Poland |
Vietnam |
| Denmark |
Kenya |
Portugal |
|
| Dominican Republic |
Kuwait |
Puerto Rico |
|
If the ID check is unsuccessful, we will be unable to submit your Tax Return using our HMRC gateway ID. You will either need to contact HMRC and fix your account or print your PDF, sign page TR8 and send it to HMRC by recorded delivery.
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