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Director General	Peter Veld
Website	www.belastingdienst.nl
	2008	2009	2010
Number of employees of the tax administration	33,261 Total (Tax + Customs + Allowances)	33,072 Total (Tax + Customs + Allowances)	32,286 Total (Tax + Customs + Allowances)
Number of taxpayers	9,696,000 (PIT) 791,000 (CIT) 1,408,000 (VAT) 619,000 (Wage Tax)	8,650,000 (PIT) 810,000 (CIT) 1,450,000 (VAT) 625,000 (Wage Tax)	8,530,000 (PIT) 820,000 (CIT) 1,500,000 (VAT) 630,000 (Wage Tax)
Revenues (in million EUR)
Total	215,100	193,700	205,000
Direct taxes	65,100	62,900	64,900
Indirect taxes	73,000	62,000	69,500
Social funds	72,500	66,000	68,300
Other	4,500	2,800	2,300
Total expenditure of the tax administration (in million EUR)
Administrative costs (tax administration functions only)	2,074	2,091
Employment costs	1,359	1,403
IT expenditure	549 (Tax + Customs + Allowances)	527 (Tax + Customs + Allowances)
Other costs
Average cost to the tax administration per employee (EUR)
Total expenditure of the tax administration as a percentage of revenue collected (%)*	0.96	1.07
* It was calculated based on the following formula = Administrative costs x 100 / Total revenues

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