A revenue service, revenue agency or taxation authority is a government agency responsible for the intake of government revenue, including

tax A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures (regional, local, or n ...

es and sometimes non-tax revenue. Depending on the

jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United States, areas of jurisdiction apply to local, state, and federal levels. J ...

, revenue services may be charged with

tax collection A revenue service, revenue agency or taxation authority is a government agency responsible for the intake of government revenue, including taxes and sometimes non-tax revenue. Depending on the jurisdiction, revenue services may be charged with ...

, investigation of

tax evasion Tax evasion is an illegal attempt to defeat the imposition of taxes by individuals, corporations, trusts, and others. Tax evasion often entails the deliberate misrepresentation of the taxpayer's affairs to the tax authorities to reduce the tax ...

, or carrying out audits. In certain instances, they also administer payments to certain relevant individuals (such as statutory sick pay, statutory maternity pay) as well as targeted financial support (

welfare Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specifical ...

) to families and individuals (through payment of

tax credit A tax credit is a tax incentive which allows certain taxpayers to subtract the amount of the credit they have accrued from the total they owe the state. It may also be a credit granted in recognition of taxes already paid or a form of state "dis ...

s or

transfer payment In macroeconomics and finance, a transfer payment (also called a government transfer or simply transfer) is a redistribution of income and wealth by means of the government making a payment, without goods or services being received in return. Th ...

s). The chief executive of the revenue agency is usually styled as Commissioner, Minister, Secretary or Director.

Revenue services by jurisdiction

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Australian Taxation Office The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is an Australian statutory agency and the principal revenue collection body for the Australian Government. The ATO has responsibility for administering the Australian federal taxation system, superannuatio ...

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National Board of Revenue The National Board of Revenue (NBR) ( bn, জাতীয় রাজস্ব বোর্ড) is the Central Authority for Tax Administration in Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a countr ...

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Barbados Revenue Authority Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate ...

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Department of Federal Revenue of Brazil The Special Department of Federal Revenue of Brazil ( pt, Secretaria Especial da Receita Federal do Brasil), most commonly referred to as (RFB) is the Brazilian federal revenue service agency and a secretariat of the Ministry of the Economy. Th ...

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Canada Revenue Agency The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA; ; ) is the revenue service of the Canadian federal government, and most provincial and territorial governments. The CRA collects taxes, administers tax law and policy, and delivers benefit programs and tax cre ...

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, — , - , , State Taxation Administration (STA, ) , — , - , ' , Inland Revenue Department (IRD; ) , — , - , ' , Financial Services Bureau (FSB; ; ) , — , - , , National Directorate of Taxes and Customs ( es, Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales; DIAN) , — , - , , , — , - , ,

Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a part of the government in most countries that is responsible for matters related to the finance. Lists of current ministries of finance Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Finance (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Finance and Ec ...

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, — , - , , Tax and Customs Board ( et, Maksu- ja Tolliamet; MTA) , — , - ,

, — , - , , General Directorate of Public Finance (french: Direction Générale des Finances Publiques; DGFIP

, — , - , , Ghana Revenue Authority , — , - , , Federal Central Tax Office (german: Bundeszentralamt für Steuern; BZS

, On a federal level (16 regional tax offices exist) , - , , National Tax and Customs Administration (; NAV

, Since 1 January 2011 , - , , Directorate of Internal Revenu

, — , - , , Indian Revenue Service (IRS; ) , — , - , , Directorate General of Taxes (

and Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Indonesia), Directorate General of Customs and Excise (

, — , - , , Office of the Revenue Commissioners (the Revenue; ga, Na Coimisinéirí Ioncaim) , — , - , , Israel Tax Authority ( he, רשות המסים בישראל ''Rashut HaMisim B'Israel'

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Italian Agency of Revenue The Agenzia delle Entrate, or the Italian Revenue Agency, is the Italian governmental agency that enforces the financial code of Italy and collects taxes and revenue. Operations and history The agency provides several online services for Italia ...

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National Tax Agency The is the official tax collecting agency of Japan. As of October 2018, the Commissioner of NTA is Takeshi Fujii. Mission Mission: To enable taxpayers to properly and smoothly fulfill their tax responsibility. To achieve the mission stated abo ...

(NTA; ''Kokuzei-chō'') , — , - , , Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) , — , - , , State Revenue Service (

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, — , - , , Malawi Revenue Authority , — , - , , Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) (; LHDNM

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Tax and Customs Administration The Tax and Customs Administration ( nl, Belastingdienst, translation=Tax Service) is the tax collection and customs service of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is part of the Ministry of Finance and is responsible for levying and collecting tax ...

( nl, Belastingdienst) , — , - , , Inland Revenue Department (IRD; mi, Te Tari Taake) , — , - , ,

Norwegian Tax Administration The Norwegian Tax Administration ( no, Skatteetaten) is a government agency responsible for resident registration (''National Population Register'') and tax collection in Norway. The agency is subordinate to the Ministry of Finance and is based a ...

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, — , - , , Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria (Peru ) unat.gob.pe/, — , - , , Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR; fil, Kawanihan ng Rentas Internas}

, — , - , , National Revenue Administration

, — , - , , , — , - , , National Agency for Fiscal Administration ( ro, Agenția Națională de Administrare Fiscală; ANAF) , — , - , , Federal Tax Service (, ФНС России) , — , - , , Rwanda Revenue Authority , — , - , , General Authority of Zakat and Tax , — , - , ,

Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Singapore in charge of tax collection. History Early beginnings The Singapore Income Tax Department was created in 1947 t ...

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National Tax Service (South Korea) The National Tax Service () is the tax organization in South Korea and is run under the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The headquarters are in Sejong City Sejong (; ), officially the Sejong Special Self-Governing City (), is a special self ...

, — , - , , Spanish Tax Agency (; AEAT) , — , - , , Swedish Tax Agency ( sv, Skatteverket) , — , - , ,

Tanzania Revenue Authority The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) is a semi-autonomous Government Agency of the United Republic of Tanzania. It was established by the Tanzania Revenue Act, CAP. 339 in 1995 and started its operations on the 1st of July 1996. It is headed by ...

(TRA) , — , - , , '' The Revenue Department (RD; Thai: กรมสรรพากร)'' , — , - , , Turkish Revenue Administration , — , - , , State Fiscal Service (SFS; uk, Державна фіскальна служба; ДФС) , — , - , ,

Uganda Revenue Authority The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is a government revenue collection agency established by the Parliament of Uganda. Operating under the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, the URA is responsible for enforcing, assessing, ...

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Welsh Revenue Authority The Welsh Revenue Authority ( cy, Awdurdod Cyllid Cymru) is a non-ministerial department of the Welsh Government responsible for the administration and collection of devolved taxes in Wales. The Welsh Revenue Authority is accountable to the Sen ...

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, — , - , , Internal Revenue Service (IRS) , — , - , , National Integrated Service for the Administration of Customs Duties and Taxes () , — , - , , Zimbabwe Revenue Authority , — , -

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