HMRC

HMRC, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, is the UK government department responsible for the collection of taxes, the payment of some forms of state support, and the administration of other regulatory regimes including the National Minimum Wage. HMRC is currently newsworthy due to several recent events. Firstly, they admitted that a significant 71% of parents targeted in a child benefit fraud crackdown were wrongly accused, highlighting potential issues with their targeting methods. Secondly, they won a £17 million VAT battle against Morrisons supermarket regarding the tax rate applied to rotisserie chickens, demonstrating their role in enforcing tax regulations on businesses. These events underscore HMRC's ongoing role in both revenue collection and benefit administration, and the potential for errors and disputes within these processes. Their actions directly impact both individual citizens and large corporations in the UK.