 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (August 2015) |
 Final logo | |
| Non-ministerial government department overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1849 |
| Preceding agencies | |
| Dissolved | 18 April 2005 |
| Superseding Non-ministerial government department | |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | Somerset House London, WC2 |
The Inland Revenue was, until April 2005, a department of the British Government responsible for the collection of direct taxation, including income tax, national insurance contributions, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, corporation tax, petroleum revenue tax and stamp duty. More recently, the Inland Revenue also administered the Tax Credits schemes,[1] whereby monies, such as Working Tax Credit (WTC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC), are paid by the government into a recipient's bank account or as part of their wages. The Inland Revenue was also responsible for the payment of child benefit (from 1999).
The Inland Revenue was merged with HM Customs and Excise to form HM Revenue and Customs which came into existence on 18 April 2005.[2] The current name was promoted by the use of the expression "from Revenue and Customs" in a series of annual radio, and to a lesser extent, television public information broadcasts in the 2000s and 2010s.
- ^ "Childcare vouchers: better off calculator". hmrc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 April 2006.
- ^ "HM Revenue and Customs: About Us". hmrc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2013.