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''UK tax''.
(HMRC).
(HMRC).


Her Majesty's Revenuce and Customs 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.
The former name of His Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
 
==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
 
 
==Other links==
[https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/about About HMRC] ''www.gov.uk''




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Direct tax]]
* [[His Majesty's Revenue & Customs]] (HMRC)
* [[Exempt approved status]]
* [[Income Tax]]
* [[Inland Revenue]]
* [[Inland Revenue]]
* [[Internal Revenue Service]]
* [[Internal Revenue Service]]
* [[National Insurance]]
* [[Public Accounts Committee]]
* [[Tax ]]
* [[Tax avoidance]]
* [[Tax avoidance]]
* [[Tax evasion]]
* [[Tax evasion]]
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* [[Treasury]]
* [[Treasury]]


[[Category:Taxation]]
 
== External link ==
[https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/about About us - HMRC]
 
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]

Latest revision as of 15:51, 28 September 2022