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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 Government revenue or national revenue is money received by a government from taxes and non-tax sources to enable it to undertake public expenditure. Government revenue as well as government spending are components of the government budget and ...
, 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. Jur ...
, 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 taxp ...
, 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 credits or transfer payments). The chief executive of the revenue agency is usually styled as Commissioner, Minister, Secretary or Director.


Revenue services by jurisdiction

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Federal Public Service Finance The FPS Finance ( nl, FOD Financiën, french: SPF Finances, german: FÖD Finanzen), is a Federal Public Service of Belgium. It was created by Royal Order on February 17, 2002, as part of the plans of the Verhofstadt I Government to modernise the fed ...
( nl, FOD Financiën; french: SPF Finances; german: FÖD Finanzen) , — , - , ,
Botswana Unified Revenue Service Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) is the revenue service and a government agency of the Botswana government. Botswana Unified Revenue Service is responsible for collecting taxes and administering the Botswana Unified Revenue Service Act. ...
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, — , - , , Canada Revenue Agency (CRA; ; ARC) , Previously the
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA; french: Agence des douanes et du revenu du Canada, ''ADRC'') was a department of the government of Canada and existed from November 1, 1999 until December 12, 2003. It was created from the merging of Revenue ...
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State Taxation Administration The State Taxation Administration (STA, Chinese: 国家税务总局) is a ministerial-level department within the government of the People's Republic of China. It is under the direction of the State Council, and is responsible for the collection ...
(STA, ) , — , - , ' , Inland Revenue Department (IRD; ) , — , - , ' ,
Financial Services Bureau Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fin ...
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National Directorate of Taxes and Customs National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...
( es, Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales; DIAN) , — , - , , , — , - , , Ministry of Finance (; MFČR) , — , - , ,
Danish Tax Agency Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...
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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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General Directorate of Public Finance A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED O ...
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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 ...
(german: Bundeszentralamt für Steuern; BZS

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Indian Revenue Service The Indian Revenue Service (IAST: ), often abbreviated as IRS, is an Indian government agency that is primarily responsible for collecting and administering direct and indirect taxes. As a central civil service under Group A of the executiv ...
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Directorate General of Taxes The Directorate General of Taxes ( id, Direktorat Jenderal Pajak; also known as ''DJP'') is an Indonesian government agency under Ministry of Finance which has the task of formulating and implementing taxation policies and technical standard ...
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Office of the Revenue Commissioners The Revenue Commissioners ( ga, Na Coimisinéirí Ioncaim), commonly called Revenue, is the Irish Government agency responsible for customs, excise, taxation and related matters. Though Revenue can trace itself back to predecessors (with the A ...
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Israel Tax Authority The Israel Tax Authority ( he, רשות המסים בישראל, Rashut HaMisim B'Israel) is the taxation authority in Israel. It is an agency of the Ministry of Finance. The Authority was established on 1 September 2004, following a decision b ...
( he, רשות המסים בישראל ''Rashut HaMisim B'Israel'

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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 ...
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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 Revenue Service State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * '' State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our ...
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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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Malawi Revenue Authority Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) is the revenue service and a government agency of the Malawi government. Malawi Revenue Authority is responsible for collecting taxes. The duties of the Malawi Revenue Authority include providing tax assistance to ...
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Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia Inland may refer to: Places Sweden * Inland Fräkne Hundred, a hundred of Bohuslän in Sweden * Inland Northern Hundred, a hundred of Bohuslän in Sweden * Inland Southern Hundred, a hundred of Bohuslän in Sweden * Inland Torpe Hundred, a hundred ...
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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 The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is the agency responsible for assessing, collecting and accounting for tax and other revenues accruing to the Federal Government of Nigeria. History Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) was created in ...
, — , - , , Tax and Customs Administration ( nl, Belastingdienst) , — , - , , Inland Revenue Department (IRD; mi, Te Tari Taake) , — , - , , Norwegian Tax Administration ( no, Skatteetaten) , — , - , ,
Federal Board of Revenue The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) ( ur, ), formerly known as Central Board of Revenue (CBR), is a federal law enforcement agency of Pakistan that investigates tax crimes, suspicious accumulation of wealth, money-laundering make regulation of ...
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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}

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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 ...
( ro, Agenția Națională de Administrare Fiscală; ANAF) , — , - , , Federal Tax Service (, ФНС России) , — , - , ,
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 ...
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General Authority of Zakat and Tax The General Authority of Zakat and Tax (GAZT) is a government agency under the Ministry of Finance in Saudi Arabia that is responsible for the assessment and collection of taxes and ''zakat'', a form of obligatory almsgiving in Islam. GAZT was ...
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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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South African Revenue Service The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is the revenue service of the South African government. It administers the country's tax system and customs service, and enforces compliance with related legislation. It is governed by the SARS Act 34 of ...
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Spanish Tax Agency The Spanish Tax Administration Agency ( es, Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria, AEAT), commonly known as Agencia Tributaria, is the revenue service of the Kingdom of Spain. The agency is responsible for the effective application of the ...
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Swedish Tax Agency The Swedish Tax Agency ( sv, Skatteverket) is a government agency in Sweden responsible for national tax collection and administering the population registration. The agency was formed on 1 January 2004 through the merger of the Swedish Nationa ...
( 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 , patch = , patchcaption = , logo = HM Revenue & Customs.svg , logocaption = , badge = , badgecaption = , flag = , flagcaption = , image_size = , co ...
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Revenue Scotland , type = Non-ministerial government department , logo = Revenue Scotland logo.svg , logo_width = , logo_caption = , picture = , picture_width = , picture_caption = , formed = , diss ...
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, — , - , ' , Welsh Revenue Authority ( cy, Awdurdod Cyllid Cymru}

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Internal Revenue Service The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main body of the federal statutory ta ...
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Zimbabwe Revenue Authority The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, or ZIMRA, is the body responsible for collecting taxes and other revenue streams for the government in Zimbabwe. It derives its mandate from the Revenue Authority Act, passed by the parliament of Zimbabwe in 2002 and ...
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