The Internal Revenue Service has five (5) main Departments. These are:-

• The Operations Department

• The Research, Planning and Monitoring Department

• The Finance Department

• The Administration Department

• The Legal Services Department

Each department is headed by a Deputy Commissioner. The functions of the various departments complement each other in achieving the goals of the Service.

The Units making up the Operations Department are Assessment, Collection and Information.

The Research, Planning and Monitoring Department is made up of the following units.

• The Research Unit

• The Statistics Unit

• The Tax Audit Unit

• The Tax Examination Unit and

• The Investigations Unit

The Finance Department is made up of the following Units.

• Budget Unit

• Purchasing Unit

• Stores Unit

• Revenue Unit

• Accounts Unit

The Administration Department has responsibility for the following:- Formulating policies, strategies and programmes for the efficient management of all functional and administrative activities of the Service.

LEGAL SERVICES

The Units which make up the Legal Services Department are Compliance and Valuation.