
Support wider government economic aims through a resilient, agile tax administration system Maintain taxpayers’ consent through fair treatment and protect society from harm Make it easy to get tax right and hard to bend or break the rules enforcement of the National Minimum WageĬollect the right tax and pay out the right financial support.Value Added Tax (VAT), including import VAT.climate change and aggregates levy and landfill tax.Income Tax, Corporation Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance Tax, Insurance Premium Tax, Stamp, Land and Petroleum Revenue Taxes.administer the Government Banking Service.aim to administer the tax system in the most simple, customer focused and efficient way.are a high volume business almost every UK individual and business is a direct customer of HMRC.help families and individuals with targeted financial support through payment of tax credits.administer Statutory Payments such as statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay.facilitate legitimate international trade, protect the UK’s fiscal, economic, social and physical security before and at the border, and collect UK trade statistics.make sure that money is available to fund the UK’s public services.are responsible for safeguarding the flow of money to the Exchequer through our collection, compliance and enforcement activities.This arrangement for policy making is known as the ‘policy partnership’. HMRC leads on policy maintenance and implementation. The Treasury lead on strategic tax policy and policy development. We report to Parliament through our Treasury minister who oversees our spending. The Commissioners are drawn from the department’s top management. CRCA vested responsibility for the administration of the tax system in Commissioners appointed by the Queen. We are a non-ministerial Department established by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act (CRCA) 2005, replacing the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise. We were established by Act of Parliament in 2005 as a new department replacing the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise.
