Department of Finance Canada
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| State level | Federal level | ||
| Position of the authority | Ministry | ||
| Supervisory authority (s) | Government of Canada | ||
| Consist | since July 1, 1867 | ||
| Headquarters |
Ottawa , Ontario Canada
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| Finance minister | William Francis Morneau | ||
| Employee | 735 (as of March 31, 2016) | ||
| Website | www.fin.gc.ca/ | ||
The Department of Finance Canada ( English ) or, because of the Canadian bilingualism, also the Ministère des Finances du Canada ( French ), is the finance ministry of Canada with its seat in Ottawa . The authority was founded on July 1, 1867 and employs around 1000 people.
function
The authority reports to the Canadian finance minister, currently Bill Morneau . The agency's functions are to ensure a healthy Canadian economy . The tasks of the authority include: The control of tax, customs, currency and economic policy, the production of money and the supervision of compliance with the law. The Treasury Secretary is the chief economic adviser to the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau and is responsible for national and international financial and tax policies of Canada. He oversees the finances of the Canadian government and the financial authorities.
The authority of the Canadian government is available for important economic policy decisions.
Areas
The authority is divided into ten branches , which take on all fiscal policy tasks:
- Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch
- Economic Development and Corporate Finance Branch
- Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch
- Financial Sector Policy Branch
- International Trade and Finance Branch
- Tax Policy Branch
- Law Branch
- Corporate Services Branch
- Consultations and Communications Branch
- Internal audit and evaluation
Laws
The agency enforces the following laws:
- Income Tax Act
- Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
- Customs Act
- Customs Tariff Act
- Excise Act
- Excise Tax Act
- Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act
- Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act
- Payment Clearing and Settlement Act
- Financial Administration Act
- Special Import Measures Act
Web links
- official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Honorable William Francis Morneau. Government of Canada, March 19, 2014, accessed November 11, 2015 .
- ^ Population of the Federal Public Service by Department. Government of Canada - Department of Treasury, September 22, 2016, accessed February 27, 2017 .