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2022 Report

2.2. Staff and budget

To fulfil its mission, the Tax Agency had, as of 31 December 2022, a staff of 25,909 people, of which 53.19% are women and 46.81% men, with an average age of 50.95 years. These figures do not include 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 2021-2022 New window

Chart No. 6. Distribution by areas 2021-2022 New window

Chart No. 7. Distribution by subgroups 2021-2022 New window

Chart No. 8. Distribution by sex 2021-2022 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. It is calculated through the ratio Results/Personnel:

  • 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. 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 2022, each employee of the Tax Agency has obtained, on average per public employee, 643,598 euros in the fight against fraud.

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

In 2022, the Tax Agency had a budget of 1,631.3 million euros. Total expenditure amounted to 1,591.8 million euros, 5.4% more than in 2021. Several factors are involved in this variation:

  • The most relevant is the increase produced in Chapter 1 “Personnel expenses” due to the update of the remunerations, established in Royal Decree-Law 18/2022, of October 18.

  • In Chapter 2, “Current expenses”, it is worth highlighting the increase in expenditure resulting from the new contract for maintenance and grounding services for the maritime fleet of the Customs and Excise Department, and the increase in expenditure on fuel, resulting from the rise in fuel prices in 2022.

  • In Chapter 6 “Real Investments”, the essential element is its increase in the Tax Information Technology Department, due to the provision of a new single-device-based workstation model.

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