Numbers of Taxpayers and Registered Traders
Source: data.gov.uk (2014-05-10)

Provides historical annual information on the number of taxpayers and registered traders. Previously listed under 'Revenue-based Taxes and Benefits: Tax receipts and taxpayers'.

Source agency: HM Revenue and Customs

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Numbers of Taxpayers and Registered Traders

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We publish around 100 statistics on a regular basis. They provide accurate and impartial information about tax collected by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and benefits and credits administered by HMRC. In 2020, we started publishing statistics on the COVID-19 support schemes.

You can find HMRC’s statistics published before 2012 on The National Archives (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121102181924/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/thelibrary/national-statistics.htm) website.

Forthcoming publications and announcements

Publication dates for HMRC’s statistical outputs are pre-announced on the statistics release calendar (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&keywords=&level_one_taxon=&organisations%5B%5D=hm-revenue-customs&public_timestamp%5Bfrom%5D=&public_timestamp%5Bto%5D=). An annual publication plan can also be found on the announcements page (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schedule-of-updates-for-hmrcs-statistics).

As part of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/), any changes to the schedule, including unscheduled revisions, will be detailed on the announcements page (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schedule-of-updates-for-hmrcs-statistics).

Office for Statistics Regulation review of HMRC statistics

HMRC commissioned the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) to undertake a review of its analytical and quality assurance processes in relation to official statistics. The OSR published its report, ‘Strengthening the quality of HMRC official statistics’ (https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publication/strengthening-the-quality-of-hmrcs-official-statistics/) on 30 April 2020.

HMRC welcomes and accepts the findings and recommendations of this review and has written to OSR on how it will progress the recommendations. HMRC has published a work programme for improving HMRC statistics quality (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-programme-for-hmrc-statistics-quality-improvement).
- Jim Harra to Ed Humpherson, HMRC response to OSR review (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5eaa818d86650c435fa62079/20200430_JH_response_to_EH_OSR_review_gov.pdf) (PDF, 76.5 KB, 1 page)
- Ruth Stanier to Ed Humpherson, HMRC response to OSR review (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5eaa81c286650c4358b3cc38/20200430_RS_response_to_EH_OSR_review_gov.pdf) (PDF, 108 KB, 2 pages)
Current publications

Tax receipts and taxpayers
- HM Revenue and Customs receipts (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/hm-revenue-customs-receipts)
- Numbers of taxpayers and registered traders (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/numbers-of-taxpayers-and-registered-traders)
Tax reliefs and ready reckoners
- Tax relief statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-relief-statistics)
- Tax ready reckoner statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-expenditures-and-ready-reckoners)
Personal taxes
- Capital Gains Tax and company capital gains (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/capital-gains-tax-statistics)
- Charitable donations and tax reliefs (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/charitable-donations-and-tax-reliefs-statistics)
- Inheritance Tax (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/inheritance-tax-statistics)
- PAYE and Corporate Tax receipts from the banking sector (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/paye-and-corporation-tax-receipts-from-the-banking-sector)
- Regional employer NICs holiday for new businesses (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/regional-employer-nics-holiday-for-new-businesses)
- Personal wealth (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/distribution-of-personal-wealth-statistics)
- Employment Allowance take-up (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-allowance-take-up-statistics)
- Non-domiciled taxpayers in the UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-non-domiciled-taxpayers-in-the-uk)
Income Tax and personal incomes
- Tax structure and parameters (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/tax-structure-and-parameters-statistics)
- Income Tax receipts (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/income-tax-receipts-statistics)
- Income Tax statistics and distributions (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/income-tax-statistics-and-distributions)
- Income Tax Deducted from pay by industry statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/income-tax-deducted-from-pay-by-industry-statistics)
- Personal incomes (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/personal-incomes-statistics)
- Personal tax credits (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/personal-tax-credits-statistics)
- Taxable benefits in kind (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/taxable-benefits-in-kind-and-expenses-payments-statistics)
- Charitable donations and tax reliefs (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/charitable-donations-and-tax-reliefs-statistics)
- Personal income by tax year statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-income-by-tax-year-statistics)
- Mortgage interest relief (http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/mir/menu.htm)
- Profit-related pay schemes (http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/prp/menu.htm)
- Percentage of earnings paid in income tax: 1990 to 2005 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/percentage-of-earnings-paid-in-income-tax-1990-to-2005)
- Earnings and Employment Statistics from Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (Experimental Statistics)s (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-real-time-information-experimental-statistics)
- Non-domiciled taxpayers in the UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-non-domiciled-taxpayers-in-the-uk)
Pensions, tax-free savings and investments
- Employee share schemes (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/employee-share-schemes-statistics)
- Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/individual-savings-accounts-isa-statistics)
- Personal Pensions (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/personal-pensions-statistics)
- Personal Equity Plans (archived content) (http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120609144643/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/peps/menu.htm)
- Tax Exempt Special Savings Accounts (archived content) (http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120604091938/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/tessa/menu.htm)
- Venture Capital Schemes (https://www.gov.uk/topic/business-tax/investment-schemes)
- Corporate Venturing Scheme (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/corporate-venturing-scheme-cvs-statistics)
- Child Trust Fund statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/child-trust-fund-statistics)
- Help to Save statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-save-statistics)
Business taxes statistics
- Government revenues from UK oil and gas production (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/petroleum-revenue-tax-prt-and-government-revenues-from-uk-oil-and-gas-production)
- PAYE and Corporate Tax receipts from the banking sector (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/paye-and-corporation-tax-receipts-from-the-banking-sector)
- VAT, excise duties and other minor industry specific duties and levies (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/vat-excise-duties-and-other-minor-industry-specific-duties-and-levies)
- Creative Industries Statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/creative-industries-statistics)
Property statistics
- Property transactions in the UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/property-transactions-in-the-uk)
- Stamp duties (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/stamp-duties-statistics)
- Non-domestic rating in England and Wales (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/non-domestic-rating-in-england-and-wales)
- Annual UK ATED Statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-ated-statistics)
Corporate tax statistics
- Analyses of Corporation Tax receipts and liabilities and Bank Levy (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/analyses-of-corporation-tax-receipts-and-liabilities)
- Corporate tax: Research and Development and Patent Box tax reliefs (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/corporate-tax-research-and-development-tax-credits)
- Government revenues from UK oil and gas production (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/petroleum-revenue-tax-prt-and-government-revenues-from-uk-oil-and-gas-production)
Benefits and credits statistics

Child and Working Tax Credits statistics
- Personal tax credits statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/personal-tax-credits-statistics)
Child Benefit statistics
- Geographical statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/child-benefit-geographical-statistics)
- small area data - LSOA and Data Zone (Official Statistics) (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/child-benefit-small-area-data)
Tax-Free Childcare statistics
- Tax-Free Childcare statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-free-childcare-quarterly-statistics)
Cross-cutting statistics
- Business plan quarterly data summary (QDS) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-quarterly-data-summary-qds--2)
- PAYE and Corporate Tax receipts from the banking sector (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/paye-and-corporation-tax-receipts-from-the-banking-sector)
- Statistics of HMRC survey compliance costs (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/hmrc-survey-compliance-costs)
- Measuring tax gaps (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/measuring-tax-gaps)
- Trusts (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/trusts-statistics--2)
- Income Tax, NICs, tax credits and Child Benefit statistics for non-UK nationals (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/income-tax-nics-tax-credits-and-child-benefit-statistics-for-non-uk-nationals)
UK overseas trade statistics

Statistics that record the movement - for trade purposes - of goods between the UK and both EU and non-EU countries are hosted on the UK Trade Statistics website (https://www.uktradeinfo.com/).

They are collected from the EU-wide Intrastat survey and from Customs import and export entries, both administered by HMRC.

Quality reports and Code of Practice breach reports
- Quality reports (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quality-reports-statistics)
- Current (https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publications-list/?keyword=&type=breach-report&theme=&producer=hm-revenue-customs&date=&number=) and archived (https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publications-list/?keyword=&type=breach-report&theme=&producer=hm-revenue-customs&date=&number=&archive=true) Code of Practice breach reports
Search HMRC statistics

Use the document search (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?organisations%5B%5D=hm-revenue-customs&parent=hm-revenue-customs) to find statistics reports and documents that HMRC has published (including research). You can also sign up for email alerts for new publications.

Policies and procedures for HMRC statistics

HMRC complies with the Code of Practice for Statistics (https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/) and supporting principles. Our published policies on revisions to official statistics, and our statistics pricing policy can be found on our HMRC official statistics policies page (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-official-statistics-policies).

We also have a continuous user engagement strategy (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-statistics-user-engagement-strategy) for official statistics.

We have published our policy on compliance with the Pre-Release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008 (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-official-statistics-policies) and lists of officials who have pre-release access (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-statistics-pre-release-access-list) to our statistics.
- Confidentiality and access policy (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7c88ee40f0b62aff6c259b/cop-confidentiality.pdf) (PDF, 25.2 KB, 2 pages)
- Statement of administrative sources general note (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7bfc93e5274a7202e18d5d/cop-admin-sources_1_.pdf) (PDF, 17 KB, 4 pages)
- Statement of administrative sources list (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7b9111ed915d414762136f/cop-admin-sources-1.xls) (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 31 KB)
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