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@GoSimpleTax: What types of ID can be used when completing the ID checking service?

In this article you will discover which country's ID is acceptable when completing the ID checking service provided for those that don't have their own HMRC credentials

Written by CoCo


If you are unable to submit your Tax Return using your own HMRC ID Gateway details, you are able to make the submission using our credentials provided a successful ID check is completed within two attempts.

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. Please see their article for more details on accepted ID per country. To summarise quickly, 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 your country isn't listed, please contact support via email on support@gosimpletax.com.

If the ID check is unsuccessful twice, you will be unable to submit your Tax Return using our HMRC gateway ID. This is disclosed in our Terms and conditions and a refund will not be issued.

If you have your own HMRC credentials and they failed, 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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