HM Revenue and Customs

HM Revenue and Customs
Welsh: Cyllid a Thollau Ei Fawrhydi
Agency overview
Formed18 April 2005; 19 years ago (2005-04-18)
Preceding agencies
Employees63,645[1] FTE
Annual budget£4 billion (2018–2019)[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Constituting instrument
Specialist jurisdictions
Operational structure
Headquarters100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ
Elected officer responsible
Agency executives
  • Sir Jim Harra, Chief Executive
  • Angela MacDonald, Deputy Chief Executive
Child agency
Website
gov.uk/hmrc

His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (commonly HM Revenue and Customs, or HMRC)[4][5] is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government responsible for the collection of taxes, the payment of some forms of state support, the administration of other regulatory regimes including the national minimum wage and the issuance of national insurance numbers. HMRC was formed by the merger of the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise, which took effect on 18 April 2005.[6] The department's logo is the Tudor Crown enclosed within a circle.

  1. ^ HMRC's headcount and payroll data for September 2024 - HM Revenue and Customs, archived from the original on 18 March 2024, retrieved 19 November 2024
  2. ^ HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2018–2019, HM Revenue and Customs, 18 July 2019, archived from the original on 12 January 2023, retrieved 8 May 2020
  3. ^ "James Murray MP".
  4. ^ Kelly, Liam (11 September 2022). "From cash to customs: how our national symbols will change under King Charles". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs". Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005. legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  6. ^ "HM Revenue and Customs: About Us". Hmrc.gov.uk. 18 April 2005. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.