General Directorate of the Tax Agency

Headline: Antonio Ansón Latorre

Bachelor of Laws from the University of Zaragoza. State Tax Inspector since 1999 and Tax Technician since 1988. Master in Public Management, has also completed the Digital Leadership Program for Public Administrations, both taught by the Institute of Fiscal Studies and the School of Industrial Organization.

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Until his appointment as Director General of the State Tax Administration Agency by Royal Decree 571/2026, of July 7, he performed his duties as Director of the Cabinet in the State Secretariat of Finance.

Throughout his professional career he has held numerous positions in the Tax Administration: responsible for the Taxpayer Telephone Assistance Center between 1999 and 2006; Head of Coordination of Administrations of the Tax Agency in Madrid between 2006 and 2007 and Deputy Director General of Planning and Programming between 2007 and 2010. Subsequently, he held the position of assistant to the regional head of Collection at the Special Delegation of Madrid between 2010 and 2011.

He has also developed a significant part of his career in the field of human resources at the Tax Agency, first as deputy director of Administrative Personnel Management and later as deputy director of the Human Resources Department. Between 2013 and 2014 he served as Head of the Regional Customs and Special Taxes Team at the Special Delegation of Madrid.

He subsequently joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, where he carried out his professional activity between 2014 and 2022, in the Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD). At this institution he served as a specialist in tax and customs administration as a technical advisor and, since 2016, as a senior economist.

After returning to Spain at the end of 2022, he held the position of Head of Studies for Public Management at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (2022-2023), Deputy Director of the Human Resources Department of the AEAT (2023-2024) and Researcher in Tax Administration at the IEF (2024-2025).

Functions of the Directorate General

It directs the implementation of the Agency's Action Plan and the day-to-day running of the Agency's services and activities.

It is also responsible for executing the agreements adopted by the Presidency, acting as the head of the staff and drawing up the preliminary draft budget and the action plan. As well as those functions delegated by the President of the Agency.