A revenue service, revenue agency or taxation authority is a

government agency A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administrati ...

responsible for the intake of government revenue, including taxes and sometimes

non-tax revenue Non-tax revenue or non-tax receipts are government revenue not generated from taxes. For example - bond issues and profits of state-owned companies. Examples * Aid from another level of government (intragovernmental aid): in the United States, ...

. 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. Ju ...

, revenue services may be charged with tax collection, 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

audit An audit is an "independent examination of financial information of any entity, whether profit oriented or not, irrespective of its size or legal form when such an examination is conducted with a view to express an opinion thereon.” Auditing ...

s. 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 specificall ...

) 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 "disc ...

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 ...

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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Tax and Customs Board The Tax and Customs Board ( et, Maksu- ja Tolliamet), also known by its acronym MTA, is the taxation authority in the Republic of Estonia. It is an agency of the Ministry of Finance. The agency deals with collection of revenue for the state bu ...

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Ghana Revenue Authority The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is the Ghana administration charged with the task of assessing, collecting and accounting for tax revenue in Ghana. The core mandate of the Authority is to ensure maximum compliance with relevant laws in order t ...

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Federal Central Tax Office The Federal Central Tax Office (german: Bundeszentralamt für Steuern, abbreviated BZSt) is a German federal agency (Germany), federal agency responsible for administering various sections of the country's tax code. It was created out of its cu ...

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, 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 (

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, — , - , , Italian Agency of Revenue

, — , - , , Tax Administration Jamaica

, — , - , , National Tax Agency (NTA; ''Kokuzei-chō'') , — , - , ,

Kenya Revenue Authority Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), is an agency of the Government of Kenya that is responsible for the assessment, collection and accounting of all revenues that are due to the government in accordance with the laws of Kenya. History The Kenya Reve ...

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State Tax Inspectorate The State Tax Inspectorate ( lt, Valstybinė Mokesčių Inspekcija) or VMI is the tax authority in the Republic of Lithuania. It is an agency under the Ministry of Finance. The main objectives of the agency include: helping the taxpayers with th ...

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Mauritius Revenue Authority The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) is a parastatal organisation in Mauritius, it is the Revenue Authority of the Mauritian Government and operate under the aegis of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. The MRA is responsible fo ...

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, — , - , , Federal Inland Revenue Service , — , - , , Tax and Customs Administration ( nl, Belastingdienst) , — , - , , Inland Revenue Department (IRD; mi, Te Tari Taake) , — , - , , Norwegian Tax Administration ( no, Skatteetaten) , — , - , , Federal Board of Revenue (FBR; ur, }

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Bureau of Internal Revenue The Bureau of Internal Revenue'' ''( fil, Kawanihan ng Rentas Internas, or BIR) is a revenue service for the Philippine government, which is responsible for collecting more than half of the total revenues of the government. It is an agency o ...

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National Agency for Fiscal Administration The National Agency for Fiscal Administration ( ro, Agenția Națională de Administrare Fiscală, ANAF) is the revenue service of the Romanian government. Part of the Ministry of Public Finance The Ministry of Public Finance of Guatemala is t ...

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Rwanda Revenue Authority The Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) is a government revenue collection agency established by the Parliament of Rwanda. The RRA is charged with enforcing, assessing, collecting, and accounting for the various taxes imposed in Rwanda. Location The h ...

, — , - , , General Authority of Zakat and Tax , — , - , , Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (; ) , — , - , , Tax Administration of Sloveni

, — , - , , South African Revenue Service (SARS) , — , - , , National Tax Service (South Korea) , — , - , , Spanish Tax Agency (; AEAT) , — , - , , Swedish Tax Agency ( sv, Skatteverket) , — , - , , Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) , — , - , , '' The Revenue Department (RD; Thai: กรมสรรพากร)'' , — , - , ,

Turkish Revenue Administration Revenue Administration is a public institution of Turkish Republic operating under Ministry of Finance. The Revenue Administration is responsible for levying and collecting state taxes and respecting the taxpayer rights within the framework of Co ...

, — , - , , State Fiscal Service (SFS; uk, Державна фіскальна служба; ДФС) , — , - , , Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) , — , - , , His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC; ) , — , - , ' , Revenue Scotland ( gd, Teachd-a-steach Alba}

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National Integrated Service for the Administration of Customs Duties and Taxes SENIAT (''Servicio Nacional Integrado de Administración Aduanera y Tributaria''–- National Integrated Service for the Administration of Customs Duties and Taxes) is Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venez ...

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