- Over 4.2 million HMRC app downloads in 2025.
- More than 136 million logins, a 20% increase on 2024.
- Older and retired people are the biggest growth area for app
engagement.
Millions more people are choosing to make managing their tax
easier and simpler, with use of the HM Revenue and Customs
(HMRC) app continuing
to accelerate nationwide.
Across the year, people logged in to the app 136 million times, a
20% increase on 2024, reflecting growing confidence in managing
tax digitally. Total annual app users have now surpassed 7.18
million, up from 5.09 million the previous calendar year.
Customers increasingly used the app to stay in control of
everyday tax tasks, with strong growth across several key areas:
- State Pension forecasts: A major rise in older and retired
people checking their pension information with 2.38 million
people viewing their forecast in 2025 - up from 1.72 million in
2024, an increase of nearly 664,000 users.
- Child Benefit: Almost 960,000 people used the Child Benefit
area of the app in 2025 - 160,000 more than in 2024. Hundreds of
thousands of families used it to get the money they were entitled
to with 159,000 parents extending their Child Benefit for
teenagers staying in education (up from 109,000), and sessions
increasing to 250,900 (up from 185,600).
- National Insurance (NI): Saving NI numbers to the digital wallet
remained one of the most popular reasons to use the app - 383,000
people stored their NI number in 2025 so they always
have it handy, 70,000 more than the previous year.
The rise in app use this year reflects HMRC's longer‑term ambition,
outlined in the Transformation
Roadmap, to make it easier for customers to self‑serve on
straightforward tasks.
Myrtle Lloyd, HMRC's Chief Customer Officer,
said:
The HMRC app has become one of
the quickest and easiest ways to check your tax affairs and we've
seen even more customers embrace it this year. If you choose to
use the app you can access the information you need straight
through your phone.
HMRC encourages
anyone who hasn't already downloaded the free and
secure HMRC app to
do so from the App Store or Google Play.
People can access their personal tax information whenever or
wherever they need it. The nationwide ‘You're On It' advertising
campaign continues to highlight how simple and intuitive it is to
manage tax through the HMRC app or online.
Further information
How to register and
setup HMRC online services or set
up an account use the app.
Download the app and read the customer reviews from
the App
Store (4.8 out of 5) and Google
Play (4.7 out of 5).
You can use the HMRC app to:
- check your tax code, National Insurance number, and income
and employment history from the past five years
- view and manage Child Benefit and your State Pension forecast
- access tax details, including your Unique Taxpayer Reference
and income information
- use tools like the tax calculator to estimate take-home pay,
and check for National Insurance contribution gaps
- make payments for Self Assessment, Simple Assessment, and
even set payment reminders access your Help to Save account and
claim refunds if you have overpaid tax
- track forms and correspondence with HMRC
- update personal information like your name and address
- save your National Insurance number to a digital wallet
- use HMRC's
digital assistant for guidance and support
All 2024 data is for the full calendar year 1 January 2024 to 31
December 2024.
All 2025 data is latest data held 1 January 2025 to 30 November
2025.
