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Hector the Tax Inspector
Hector the Tax Inspector, also known as, Hector the Taxman〔 was the advertising figurehead of the former British government taxation department, Inland Revenue and was originally intended to remind people to return their self-assessment tax returns on time.
== History ==
Hector was first used in 1995 as the advertising personality of self-assessment tax returns. and also as a way to put a human face on the Inland Revenue. He was voiced in television adverts by Alec Guinness. It was believed that the usage of Hector helped Inland Revenue to reach their targets due to a rise in awareness of self-assessment tax returns which was attributed to Hector.〔 Hector eventually became so popular that he became associated with the whole Inland Revenue rather than just the self-assessment tax returns campaign.
In 2001, Inland Revenue stopped using Hector in its advertising. The then head of Inland Revenue stated that the reason for dropping Hector was that he was "too white, too male and too middle aged to represent the Revenue" (though his voice actor died the year before anyway). Hector was replaced in the Inland Revenue's advertising by Mrs Doyle from Channel 4 sitcom ''Father Ted''.〔
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