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Gambling Tax: service availability and issues

Check the availability and any issues affecting the Gambling Tax online service.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 1 January 2014
• Last updated: 21 August 2026
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  1. 21 August 2026

     Planned downtime from 7am to 8am on Tuesday 25 August 2026 has been added.

  2. 23 April 2026

     Planned downtime from 8pm to 11pm on Monday 27 April 2026 has been added.

  3. 16 March 2026

     Planned downtime from 7pm to 11pm on Tuesday 17 March 2026 has been added.

  4. 4 March 2026

     Updated the 'Service availability' section to replace Government Gateway with HMRC online services.

  5. 25 June 2025

     Planned downtime from 3pm to 6pm on Friday 4 July 2025 has been added.

  6. 11 April 2025

     Planned downtime from 5pm to 5:20pm on Thursday 15 April 2025 has been added.

  7. 28 March 2025

     The planned downtime from 6pm to 6:20pm on Friday 28 March 2025 has been cancelled.

  8. 20 March 2025

     Planned downtime from 6pm to 6:30pm on Thursday 20 March 2025 has been changed and is now from 6pm to 6:20pm on Friday 28 March 2025.

  9. 14 March 2025

     Planned downtime from 6pm to 6:30pm on Thursday 20 March 2025 has been added.

  10. 9 September 2024

      Planned downtime from 9:30pm to 10:30pm on Saturday 14 September 2024 has been added.

  11. 7 June 2024

      Planned downtime from 7am on Saturday 22 June 2024 to 9:15pm on Sunday 23 June 2024 has been added.

  12. 6 February 2024

      Planned downtime from 7am to 10:30pm on Sunday 18 February 2024 has been added.

  13. 5 December 2023

      Planned downtime from 9am to 5pm on Saturday 9 December 2023 has been changed and is now from 9am to 6:30pm on Saturday 9 December 2023.

  14. 30 November 2023

      Planned downtime from 9am to 5pm on Saturday 9 December 2023 has been added.

  15. 3 November 2023

      Planned downtime from 3pm to 6pm on Monday 6 November 2023 has been added.

  16. 15 September 2023

      Planned downtime from 8am to 7pm on Sunday 8 October 2023 has been added.

  17. 14 July 2022

      Planned downtime from 8am to 11pm on Saturday 16 July 2022 has been added.

  18. 4 October 2021

      Planned downtime from 11:59pm on Monday 4 October 2021 to 12:30am Tuesday 5 October 2021 has been added.

  19. 1 October 2021

      Planned downtime from 12pm to 12:30pm on Tuesday 5 October 2021 has been added.

  20. 17 September 2021

      Planned downtime from 6pm to 8pm on Thursday 23 September 2021 has been added.

  21. 8 March 2021

      Planned downtime from 23:59pm on Saturday 13 March 2021 to 6:30am on Sunday 14 March 2021 has been added.

  22. 7 September 2020

      Planned downtime for Friday 11 September 2020 6pm to 7am Monday 14 September 2020 has been added.

  23. 25 November 2019

      Planned downtime for Monday 25 November to Tuesday 26 November 2019 has been changed. The downtime will now take place from 9pm on Tuesday 26 November to 6am on Wednesday 27 November 2019.

  24. 22 November 2019

      You will not be able to use the HMRC Gambling Tax online service from 9pm on Monday 25 November to 6am on 26 November 2019 due to scheduled maintenance.

  25. 12 November 2019

      Planned downtime from 9pm on 12 November to 6am on 13 November 2019 has been cancelled.

  26. 11 November 2019

      Planned downtime for 9pm on 12 November 2019 until 6am on 13 November 2019.

  27. 20 February 2019

      The 'Access denied error message' service issue has been removed.

  28. 14 February 2019

      The service issue about an 'access denied' error message while trying to file returns has been updated.

  29. 11 February 2019

      The service issue about an 'access denied' error message while trying to file returns has been updated.

  30. 30 January 2019

      A service issue has been added about an 'access denied' error message while trying to file returns.

  31. 16 November 2018

      Downtime previously planned for 17 and 18 November will now take place on 24 and 25 November.

  32. 8 November 2018

      Service issue for Thursday 8 November 2018 from 6pm to 11pm has been added.

  33. 1 November 2018

      Planned downtime for 3 and 4 November will now take place on 17 and 18 November.

  34. 26 October 2018

      Planned downtime for 3 and 4 November added.

  35. 18 May 2017

      The planned downtime section has been added updated.

  36. 9 May 2017

      Planned downtime has been added to this page.

  37. 2 May 2017

      Updates on issues affecting the Gambling Tax Online Service.

  38. 24 April 2017

      Updates on issues affecting the Gambling Tax Online Service.

  39. 6 April 2017

      Updates on issues affecting the Gambling Tax Online Service affecting periods ending 31 January 2017, 28 February 2017 and 31 March 2017.

  40. 24 December 2015

      Service issues section has been updated.

  41. 23 September 2015

      Planned downtime has been added to this page.

  42. 14 September 2015

      Due to a scheduled upgrade you will be unable to access our online service between 8am and 9am on Tuesday 15 September 2015.

  43. 1 January 2014

      First published.

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