the cab collected €89 million in taxes in its first ten years of existence and it also engaged in initiatives to curtail international criminality. the cab has a staff of 91, including members of , revenue commissioners, (both customs and taxes officers), and civil servants from the department of social protection and the department of justice and equality. its annual budget for 2011 was €6.673 million, of which 86% is salary cost. this was reduced to €6.410 million in 2012, but has increased to 8.832m euro in 2018.