HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) was formed on the 18 April 2005, following the merger of Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise Departments. Work is still continuing on our office restructuring programme. We are here to ensure the correct tax is paid at the right time, whether this relates to payment of taxes received by the department or entitlement to benefits paid.

With 95,000 employees, c£423 billion revenue, over 290 locations and around 50 million customers, HM Revenue and Customs is a major business with serious responsibilities:

• Collecting Income, Corporation and Environmental taxes
• Distributing Tax Credits
• Managing all aspects of VAT and Customs Duty
• Monitoring the UK's borders and ports for illegal trade
• Administering National Insurance and Student Loans
• Enforcing compliance with the Minimum Wage

Quite simply, our work and the revenue we collect touches the lives of every single adult and business in the UK, from students and single mothers, to the largest multi-national corporations. We're the business that helps keep the UK working. As such, we're completely in a league of our own.