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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.
A centralised system for their collection has been in place since the 13th century, overseen since the 17th century by a Board of Commissioners (the Board of Customs). In 1909, HM Customs was merged with the Excise department (responsible for raising revenue from inland taxes) to create HM Customs and Excise (HMCE), responsible for all forms of ...
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.
In certain countries, the national tax authorities that are responsible for collecting those duties are named Customs and Excise, including: HM Customs and Excise, a department of the British government until 2005; HM Revenue and Customs a department formed by the merger of HM Customs and Excise with Inland Revenue in 2005
HM Customs and Excise (properly known as Her Majesty's Customs and Excise at the time of its dissolution) was a department of the British Government formed in 1909 by the merger of HM Customs and HM Excise; its primary responsibility was the collection of customs duties, excise duties, and other indirect taxes.
The headquarters of HM Revenue and Customs, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, [6] and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology [7] occupy the Parliament Street end, referred to as 100 Parliament Street (100PS). The basement houses the Churchill War Rooms, a branch of the Imperial War Museum.
The former Revenue Cutter Vigilant (1902) in 2008, awaiting restoration on Faversham Creek. For the first part of the 20th century HM Customs and Excise made do with a single Customs Cutter: [2] Vigilant (1902-1920) built by Cox & Co. of Falmouth [7] Vigilant (1919-1928) (formerly HMS Esther) [3]
Following the merger of the Inland Revenue and HM Customs & Excise in 2004, he became HMRC's Director General for Customer Contact and Compliance Strategy and then Director General for Business. [ 3 ]