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2018 Report

2.2. Staff and budget

To fulfil its mission, the Tax Agency had, as of 31 December 2018, a staff of 24,939 people, 0.85% less than in 2017, of which 53.10% are women and 46.90% men, with an average age of 52.16 years (1.07 years more than in 2017). These figures include 90 civil servants on probation.

The organisation of the Tax Agency bases its management on the high degree of specialisation and qualification of the professionals who compose it, in addition to intensive use of the new technologies.

The charts of the Annex set out below show the main figures regarding the staff of the Tax Agency:

Table No. 4. Total template New window

Chart No. 5. Distribution between Central Services and Territorial Services 2017-2018 New window

Chart No. 6. Distribution by areas 2017-2018 New window

Chart No. 7. Distribution by subgroups 2017-2018 New window

Chart No. 8. Distribution by sex 2017-2018 New window

The performance of the Tax Agency's function of prevention and fight against tax and customs fraud is based on the work of its employees. A performance index has been developed to measure in average terms the contribution of each employee of the Tax Agency to the results of the fight against fraud, that is, the euros obtained in the fight against fraud, on average, by each employee. This is calculated based on the Results/Staff ratio:

  • The numerator consists of the revenues obtained every year in the fight against tax and customs fraud.
  • The denominator consists of the total number of civil servants of the Tax Agency at 31 December of each year, excluding interns. Bear in mind that, in addition to the fight against fraud, the Tax Agency's objectives also include providing information and assistance to taxpayers, managing the collection of taxes, and customs procedures and surveillance.

In 2018, each employee of the Tax Agency has obtained, on average, 591,846 euros in the fight against fraud (civil servants on probation are not included).

Data and graphs related to this issue can be found in the Annex, in Table No. 9. Performance Index New Window .

In 2018, the Tax Agency had a budget of 1,383.5 million euros. Total expenditure amounted to 1,354.0 million euros, 5 percent more than in 2017. In this variation, the impact of two factors must be highlighted:

  • The most relevant is the increase in Chapter 1 “Personnel expenses” due to reorganisational measures, the Special Plan for Intensification of Actions or the salary update established in the PGE for 2018.

  • The decrease in Chapter 6 “Real investments” as a result of the delay in processing files and the postponement of others due to the limitations set for this Chapter in the Agreement of the Council of Ministers of December 29, 2017, which established the criteria for the budget extension, limitations that were in force until the approval of the PGE for 2018 on July 3.

The distribution by chapters of the recognized obligations is shown in Table No. 10. Distribution of expenditure by chapters New window .