Trump announced his intention to create the new federal department on Truth Social, writing: "I will create the EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE to collect our Tariffs, Duties, and all Revenue that come from Foreign sources. We will begin charging those that make money off of us with Trade, and they will start paying, FINALLY, their fair share."

President-elect Trump said Tuesday he wanted to create an “External Revenue Service” to collect tariffs and other revenue from foreign countries, comparing it to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which collects taxes from Americans.

Trump said his new "external revenue service" will go into effect on January 20 to help the US collect more revenue from foreign countries.

President-elect Donald Trump plans to create an External Revenue Service. Here’s what that might mean for you.

Trump, 78, has already warned that he will raise tariffs on foreign nations that fail to align with his strict immigration policies.

N.Y., introduced a bill to reallocate funds from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) enforcement to hiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will create a new government agency called the External Revenue Service "to collect tariffs, duties, and all revenue" from foreign sources as he readies new import tariffs ahead of his inauguration next week.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has proposed the creation of a new agency known as the “External Revenue Service” to collect tariffs, duties, and other revenue from foreign sources. Trump

"For far too long, we have relied on taxing our great people using the Internal Revenue Service," Trump said Tuesday morning in ... and Commerce Department establish the tariffs, which the CBP deposits into the federal government's General Fund.

The parallel with the Internal Revenue Service is seen as a signal of the president-elect’s determination to enact sweeping import duties.

Mr Trump announced “immediate” executive actions to end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in the US government, and recognise “only two”, biologically distinct sexes. “As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female,” Mr Trump said in his speech.

Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) has reintroduced the Diverting IRS Resources to the Exigent Crisis Today (DIRECT) Act, legislation aimed at reallocating funds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) is an original cosponsor of the bill.