The Ministry of Finance is preparing to increase the number of personnel in the Tax Agency to continue fighting fraud, in the already known modalities and in the new ones that are being incorporated. Specifically, the tax workforce will grow in the coming years by almost 2,100 employees, going from the current 27,294 to 29,376 in 2027.
The First Vice Presidency has set ambitious fiscal control objectives for the coming years. In this sense, the Tax Agency’s strategic plan places digital platforms, the so-called “neobanks” and taxation through new taxes, such as those on energy, banking or single-use plastic, as a priority. To achieve these objectives, the Treasury concludes that it is necessary to increase the number of troops.
“In this sense, in accordance with the projections made for the coming years due to the preparation and approval of the annual Public Employment Offers, it is necessary to promote growth in the number of staff of the Tax Agency as the only formula to alleviate the effect of future retirements and the rest of departures or withdrawals of its staff and to reach a number of public employees in accordance with its structure and its tasks,” explains the treasury.
During the last decade the Tax Agency has been affected by public employment restrictions, hence the need to increase its human resources, explains the Treasury. Reaching the figure of 29,294 personnel would place the department in charge of fiscal control close to similar dimensions in the tax administrations of OECD countries around Spain, he adds.
As of today, the official staff of the Tax Agency reaches 25,127 personnel. In 2027, the objective is to grow to 27,530 public workers. The workforce is currently made up of 2,167 employees and the objective is to reduce it to 1,846 in the next three years.
The strategic plan of the Tax Agency places special emphasis on “the need to strengthen the tax IT area.” This is an area that, according to the Treasury, cannot cope with the “continuous growth of the projects it manages.” To do this, it has even had to use “technical assistance”, that is, professionals outside the Tax Agency.
This external hiring has been increasing in recent years. “Of the total number of people who provide their services in the tax IT department, external assistance personnel have gone from representing 38.9% in 2010 to 52.5% in 2023.” Therefore, the Treasury will try to reinforce this team with its own personnel to reduce excessive dependence on external teams.
