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. Employers need to provide details for all Benefits in Kind

    • News story

  2. New rules for taxation of termination payments

    • News story

See all our announcements

Our consultations

  1. Draft guidance: reform to workplace charging tax exemptions

    • Open consultation

  2. Tax abuse and insolvency

    • Open consultation

See all our consultations

Our publications

  1. Compliance checks: The Human Rights Act and penalties - CC/FS9

    • Guidance

  2. Genuine HMRC contact and recognising phishing emails and texts

    • Guidance

See all our publications

Our statistics

  1. Schedule of updates for HMRC's statistics

    • Official Statistics

  2. Non-EU trade by declared currency of invoice (2017)

    • Official Statistics

See all our statistics

Our management

  • Jon Thompson

    Jon Thompson

    First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive

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
S1715
6th Floor
Central Mail Unit

Newcastle Upon Tyne
N98 1ZZ

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 Welsh. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information. Read our policy on Social media use.