Once you've enabled Income Tax, you then need to connect Sage Accounting to HMRC. This allows Sage authority to interact with HMRC on your behalf. 

Before you start, you'll need your:

• Government Gateway user ID
• Government Gateway password
• National Insurance number

 NOTE: This connection will last for 18 months, after which you need to reconnect to HMRC. 

1. Go to Business settings:
   • In Accounting Standard or Plus you can find this in Settings, then Business settings
   • In Accounting Start you can find this in More, then Business settings
2. Within Financial settings, select Income Tax.
3. Select Income Tax summary, then Start.
4. Select Continue to grant Sage authority to interact with HMRC on your behalf.
5. Follow the HMRC portal steps, which include entering your user ID and password.
6. Enter your National Insurance number to help us locate your business income source, then select Continue.
7. Check your business details are correct, select Change if required.
8. Otherwise, select Confirm to finish the connection.

Once you're connected, you're redirected to the Income Tax summary page.

What's next?

• View your Income Tax summary
• Submit Income Tax quarterly update