Inland Revenue
June 11, 2012Yes, I know “people are being annoying on the internet” is hardly news, but I was annoyed by a thread on twitter this morning. People were recounting occasions when they had telephoned the Department and had good customer service, which, yay! But what annoyed me was that the Department they thought they had telephoned was the Inland Revenue – which, as any fule kno, was merged with Customs and Excise to form Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs in 2005, or seven years ago!
A little bird tells me that this may not, entirely, be the fault of public ignorance.
Yes folks, after a mere seven years, the work to update the signs outside the Department’s buildings with their new name is almost – and don’t you just love that word “almost”? – complete!
Except…
“Enquiry Centres”, of course, being the buildings that the public actually visit!
Of course, I have no way of telling whether little bird is actually telling me the truth, so let’s crowd-source it. If you happen to be passing an HMRC office today, please have a quick look at the name plate outside and post your photo onto twitter. Use the hashtag “7yearpix” and we’ll regroup and compare notes later.
tiintax 
Typical innit? That news certainly does not surprise me.
I will check out the Enquiry Centre in town after work today and report back. Sadly, however, I will be unable to be a twitface, as I no longer have an account (and nor do I intend to start now
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