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HMRC ‘look to the future’ as they mark 20 years

HMRC marked their 20th anniversary on 18 April 2025. The department was established by the then Chancellor Gordon Brown through the merger of the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise bringing together both direct and indirect tax collection under one organisation.

HMRC’s press office has set out the ‘key milestones that have enhanced its operational efficiency’ over the past 20 years:

  • ‘Today nearly every Self Assessment tax return is filed online. The top-rated HMRC app has been downloaded more than 7 million times and our digital services continue to grow – making it easier for everyone to get their tax right and more difficult for evaders to cheat the system’;
  • ‘The introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT in 2019 has evolved customer interactions with the wider tax system leading to a substantial increase in online VAT returns. And today MTD for Income Tax...

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