Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs

(UK) HMRC was established by Act of Parliament in 2005 as a non-ministerial Department established by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act (CRCA) 2005, replacing the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise.

Policy maintenance and implementation

• are responsible for safeguarding the flow of money to the Exchequer through our collection, compliance and enforcement activities
• make sure that money is available to fund the UK’s public services
• administer Statutory Payments such as statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay
• help families and individuals with targeted financial support through payment of tax credits
• administer Child Benefit
• are a high volume business; almost every UK individual and business is a direct customer of HMRC
• aim to administer the tax system in the most simple, customer focused and efficient way
• administer the Government Banking Service

Responsibilities

• Income Tax, Corporation Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance Tax, Insurance Premium Tax, Stamp, Land and Petroleum Revenue Taxes
• Environmental taxes
• climate change and aggregates levy and landfill tax
• Value Added Tax (VAT)
• Excise Duties
• National Insurance
• Tax Credits
• Child Benefit
• enforcement of the National Minimum Wage
• recovery of Student Loan repayments

External links

About HMRC www.gov.uk

See also

• Direct tax
• Exempt approved status
• Inland Revenue
• Internal Revenue Service
• Tax avoidance
• Tax evasion
• Tax haven
• Tax point
• Tax written down value
• Taxable person
• Taxable transaction
• Taxpayer’s Charter
• Treasury