What we do

We are the UK’s tax, payments and customs authority, and we have a vital purpose: we collect the money that pays for the UK’s public services and help families and individuals with targeted financial support. We do this by being impartial and increasingly effective and efficient in our administration. We help the honest majority to get their tax right and make it hard for the dishonest minority to cheat the system.

HMRC is a non-ministerial department, supported by 2 agencies and public bodies.

Read more about what we do

Our policies

  1. Tax evasion and avoidance
  2. Personal tax reform
  3. Business tax reform

See all our policies

Documents

Our announcements

  1. More than 5 million customers are using HMRC’s Personal Tax Account

    • News story

  2. Webinars and events for Making Tax Digital

    • News story

See all our announcements

Our consultations

  1. Tackling the hidden economy: conditionality

    • Open consultation

  2. Tackling the hidden economy: sanctions

    • Open consultation

See all our consultations

Our publications

  1. Corporation Tax technical specifications: XBRL and iXBRL

    • Guidance

  2. Customs Information Paper 54 (2016): detention and seizure of goods

    • Guidance

See all our publications

Our statistics

  1. HMRC Tax Receipts and National Insurance Contributions for the UK

    • National Statistics

  2. Monthly property transactions completed in the UK with value of £40,000 or above

    • National Statistics

See all our statistics

Our management

Contact HMRC

Where's my reply?

When to expect a reply to your Income Tax, Tax credits or Self Assessment query

HMRC enquiries

Find contact details and the HMRC helpline opening hours

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question
  3. Make a new request by contacting us at:

Freedom of Information requests

HMRC FoI Act Team
Room 1C/23
100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

Read about the types of information we routinely publish in our Publication scheme. Find out about our commitment to publishing in the Welsh language scheme. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information. Read our policy on Social media use.