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Report 2022

2.2. Staff and budget

To fulfill its mission, the Tax Agency had, as of December 31, 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 trainee officials. 

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 staff 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 Tax Agency employee has obtained, on average per public employee, 643,598 euros in the fight against fraud.

Data and graphs related to this issue are found in the Annex, in Table 9. Performance Index New Window .

In 2022, the Tax Agency had a budget of 1,631.3 million euros. Total spending amounted to 1,591.8 million euros, 5.4% more than in 2021. In this variation we must highlight the incidence of several factors:

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

  • In Chapter 2 “Current Expenses” it is necessary to highlight the increase in expenses derived from the new maintenance and stranding service contract for the maritime fleet of the Department of Customs and Excise, and the increase in expenditure on fuels, derived from the increase in fuel prices in 2022.

  • In Chapter 6 “Real investments”, the essential element is its increase in the Tax IT Department, due to the provision of a new workplace model based on a single device.

The distribution by chapter of the recognized obligations is shown in Table 10. Distribution of expenditure by chapters New window (Annex) .