What we do

We are the UK’s tax authority. We are responsible for making sure that the money is available to fund the UK’s public services and for helping families and individuals with targeted financial support.

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

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Our policies

  1. Making the labour market more flexible, efficient and fair

    How the government is changing employment laws to encourage companies to hire staff while protecting employee rights.

  2. Reducing tax evasion and avoidance

    HMRC works to reduce tax evasion and avoidance, including preventing evasion and avoidance, giving people opportunities to declare what they owe, and prosecuting more people who break the law.

  3. Making it easier for HMRC customers to deal with their taxes

    HMRC's work to make it easy for customers to deal with their taxes and get things right, by making our products and processes more simple and straightforward, and by improving our customer service.

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Documents

Our announcements

  1. HMRC confirms HSBC Suisse bank data can now be shared

    • 25 February 2015
    • News story

  2. Webinars, emails and videos on VAT

    • 20 February 2015
    • News story

See all our announcements

Our consultations

  1. Internationally mobile employees and earnings related securities

    • 6 February 2015
    • Consultation outcome

  2. Statistical consultation: reduction of the publication of Charity Tax Relief statistics to once a year

    • 6 February 2015
    • Open consultation

See all our consultations

Our publications

  1. Excise Notice 452: Machine Games Duty

    • 27 February 2015
    • Notice

  2. HMRC transactions over £500 on GPC: December 2014

    • 27 February 2015
    • Transparency data

See all our publications

Our statistics

  1. Child Benefit small area statistics - August 2014

    • 27 February 2015
    • Statistics - national statistics

  2. Child Benefit geographical analysis - August 2014

    • 27 February 2015
    • Statistics - national statistics

See all our statistics

Our management

  • Lin Homer

    Lin Homer

    Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary

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Your questions

Find answers to commonly asked questions

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

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