:An Agency with 7,000 EmployeesIn any case, the new structure has led to a significant centralization of responsibility. Today, around 7,000 employees at the Austrian Tax Office report to a single leadership. Previously, regional tax offices were organized more independently. Directors in cities like Graz or Linz were responsible for hundreds of thousands of taxpayers in their regions. While these levels still exist, they now exist only in the form of office management. Decision-making authority has thus been concentrated in a single location in Linz.
