Trump said in a social media post he would create the department on Jan. 20, the day he takes office as president for a second term, adding that Americans have been taxed for too long by the Internal Revenue Service.

The creation of a separate department will likely need congressional support, though Trump could try to establish the department within a different existing agency.

President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to create a new agency called the External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and other revenues from foreign nations.

President-elect Donald Trump said he would establish an External Revenue Service to collect tariffs, duties and all revenue from foreign sources.

President-elect Donald Trump plans to create the External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and revenues from foreign countries, aiming to reduce national debt and boost financial prosperity. However,

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

President-elect Donald Trump has announced his plan to create a federal body charged with taxing and collecting taxes from U.S. trade partners.

The president-elect continues to falsely claim that exporting countries pay tariffs, when, in fact, U.S. importers and eventually consumers do.