The number of taxpayers in revenues sections for all taxes & duties, which are collected either automatically or manually, in city center and the districts subordinate to it, till May 23rd of 2004, is shown in the following table:

Region	Direct taxes & duties	Indirect taxes & duties	Luxurious Consumption tax	Total
The Center	164,433	11,743	782	176,958
Districts	42,362	684	62	42,108
Total	206,795	12,427	844	220,066

The number of taxpayers in various income sections:
 Real profits: /6,000/ taxpayer
 Fixed income: /26,000/ taxpayer
 Inheritances /7,700/ taxpayer
 Salaries & wages: /11,000/ taxpayer

The directorate location:
Essential and second buildings locate at the cross of Al-Maghreb El-Arabi St and Zaki El-Arsouzi St, the third building locates in Al-Slaibi – Abo El-Ala’a El-Ma’ari St.

The directorates’ telephone & fax numbers:
The directorate switchboard: 218092 – 218090 – 231804 – 218061 – 218062 – 218091_218087 – 218088 – 218089

Fax: 218060 – 210133
Tax inquiry: 470111 – 470112
The districts’ directorates of finance:
Jableh: 833408 – 825844 – 825845 – 825846 – 825847

Fax: 834263
Al-Hafeh: 731008, fax: 732981
Al-Kurdaha: 841778, fax: 848035

The directorate of finance frame work in Lattakia:
Department: the director office
Internal supervision for west region
Sections:
1- Revenues
2- Income
3- Tax inquiry
4- Collection
5- Treasury
6- IT
7- Administrative affairs
The districts’ directorates of finance:
Jableh – Al-Hafeh – Al-Kurdaha
Each directorate of finance consists of the following sections:
1- Revenues section
2- Income section
3- Tax inquiry section
4- Collection section
5- Treasury & accounts section
6- Administrative subsection

The floor distribution of the directorate:
The main building:
1. Ground floor: pensions paymasters
2. First & second floors: treasury department
3. Third & fourth floors: collection department
4. Fifth floor: IT department
5. Six & seventh floors: administrative affairs department
6. Eighth floor: internal supervision branch – indirect taxes section
7. Ninth floor: the director of finance office
8. Tenth floor: luxurious Consumption tax section
The second building:

1. Ground floor: machineries subsection – revenues
2. First & fifth floor: revenues
3. Sixth floor: fixed income section
4. Seventh floor: real profits section (professions)
5. Eighth floor: real profits section (real estates)
6. Ninth floor: estates section – salaries & wages section
7. Tenth floor: committees & notifications section – part of real profits section (real estates)
Third building:

 Tax inquiry department in Al-Slaibi