Directorate of Customs

Directorate of Customs Tollstjóri
Insignia of the Directorate of Customs
Flag of the Directorate of Customs
Agency overview
Formed	1929
Employees	250
Legal personality	Non government: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Iceland
General nature	Law enforcement Civilian agency
Operational structure
Overviewed by ministry	Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs
Headquarters	Tryggvagötu 19, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
Elected officer responsible	Katrín Júlíusdóttir, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
Agency executives	Snorri Olsen, Director-general Sigurður Skúli Bergsson, Deputy director-general
Website
customs.is (English) tollur.is (Icelandic)

The Directorate of Customs (Icelandic: Tollstjóri) is the national customs service of Iceland. The Directorate of Customs is the law enforcement agency, which is in charge of not only the collection of customs duties, but also the detection of smuggling and confiscation of counterfeit items entering Iceland.

Organisation

The Directorate of Customs was established in 1929, after the Act of Union allowed Iceland to create foreign policy apart from that of the Kingdom of Denmark. The Directorate of Customs falls under the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, as its primary duty is to control import duties, taxes, tariffs, and other state revenues.

The Directorate of Customs is not divided into separate regions or districts and has its headquarters at Tryggvagata 19, 101 Reykjavík. There are approximately 250 employees in the Directorate of Customs, who are spread out in various departments and duty-stations throughout Iceland.^[1]

Ranks

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Order	Title	English translation
1.	Tollstjóri	Chief of Customs
2.	Aðstoðartollstjóri	Assistant Chief of Customs
3.	Forstöðumaður Tollasviðs	Customs Manager
4.	Yfirtollvörður	Head Customs Officer
5.	Aðstoðaryfirtollvörður	Assistant Head Customs Officer
6.	Aðalvarðstjóri Tollfulltrúi	Chief Inspector Chief Customs Specialist
7.	Varðstjóri Tollsérfræðingur	Inspector Customs Specialist
8.	Tollvörður að loknum skóla	Customs Officer after school
9.	Tollvörður fyrir skóla	Customs Officer before school

Collections duties

Aside from standard customs actions, which involve the collection of duties and tariffs on items imported into Iceland, as the sole enforcement agency for the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs and Directorate of Internal Revenue, the Directorate of Customs is also charged with the collection of various state taxes.

The taxes which Directorate of Customs collects include:

National and municipal income tax
Automobile tax
Road tax
Value added tax
Wealth tax

Property tax is handled by the municipalities and is thus not a customs matter.^[3]

Insignia

Flag
Logo

References

External links

Official website (English)
Official website (Icelandic)

Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs

Headquarters: Arnarhvoli vid Lindargotu, 105 Reykjavik Bjarni Benediktsson, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs

Agencies	Central Bank of Iceland Directorate of Customs Directorate of Internal Revenue Directorate of Tax Investigations Government Construction Contracting Agency Government Real Estate Agency Icelandic State Financial Investments State Alcohol and Tobacco Company of Iceland State Financial Management State Trading Centre Statistics Iceland Taxation Reassessment Committee

Law enforcement in Iceland

Civilian	Coast Guard (Air Defence System) Customs National Police Special Forces Prison Service

Military	Air Policing Crisis Response Unit

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