the official body that administers and collects a country's taxes
Examples of 'tax authority' in a sentence
tax authority
The episode reflects badly on the tax authority.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Called data brokers or database marketers, these firms often know more about consumers than the local tax authority.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Her committee is expected to investigate whether anyone at the tax authority, which pays performance-related bonuses, benefitted personally because of the overstated performance figures.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The tax authority handled 81,066 in the last year, up more than 7,000 on the previous year.
The Sun (2016)
A total of 8.3 million self-assessment forms have been returned to the tax authority so far.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She forecast that the tax authority would issue a statement about which claims it considered would now fail.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The bank had never sought special treatment from the tax authority but simply had adhered to the rules 'like any other taxpayer'.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The scheme, which will be piloted next year, will involve numbered, electronic receipts being sent directly to the national tax authority.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The tax authority has to answer only 58 per cent of calls, including those answered by a dreaded automated message, to meet its target.