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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) was formed in April 2005, following the merger of Inland Revenue and HM Customs & Excise. Almost every UK individual and business is a direct customer of HMRC and we employ around 87,000 staff (which is nearly 20% of the entire Civil Service).
HMRC’s role is to administer the UK’s tax and customs systems to ensure society’s financial wellbeing. We do this by collecting and administering five direct taxes, such as income tax, and 15 indirect taxes, such as VAT and National Insurance Contributions. The Department also pays and administers Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Child Trust Funds. We also play a key role at the UK’s frontiers, both protecting the border and facilitating trade across it. In addition we have a range of other compliance activities such as enforcing National Minimum Wage regulations and recovering student loans.
HMRC Solicitor's Office, in common with other Government Departments, has a broad range of unique work covering, in addition to tax, many aspects of public law including Human Rights, Freedom of Information, European law and Judicial Review. HMRC offers the opportunity to undertake both advisory work and litigation. The Department's own litigation is often conducted in the High Court, Court of Appeal, House of Lords, European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.
James Murphy
Government Legal Service Secretariat
04-10-2009
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