Federal Department of Finance

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Federal Department of Finance
(in German) Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement
(in French) Département fédéral des finances
(in Italian) Dipartimento federale delle finanze
(in Romansh) Departament federal da finanzas
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The Bernerhof, headquarters of the Federal Department of Finance
Agency overview
Formed1848; 173 years ago (1848)
JurisdictionFederal administration of Switzerland
HeadquartersBern
Employees8,048[1]
Annual budgetExpenditure: CHF 15.7 billion
Revenue: CHF 59.5 billion
(2009)[1]
Minister responsible
Websitewww.efd.admin.ch

The Federal Department of Finance (FDF, German: Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement, French: Département fédéral des finances, Italian: Dipartimento federale delle finanze, Romansh: About this soundDepartament federal da finanzas (help·info)) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government. The department is headquartered in Bern and headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council, Switzerland's finance minister. Initially, in 1848, the department was called "Department of Finance", then, from 1873 "Department of Finance and Customs", until it received its present designation in 1978.

Organisation[]

The Department is composed of the following offices:[2]

  • General Secretariat, including the Federal Strategy Unit for IT (FSUIT).
  • (FFA): Responsible for the budget, financial planning, financial policy, the federal treasury and financial equalisation between the Confederation and the cantons. Operates the federal mint.
  • (FOPER): Responsible for human resources management, personnel policy and personnel training.
  • (FTA): Responsible for federal revenue collection and the application of federal tax laws in the cantons.
  • (FCA): Responsible for monitoring the import, export and transit of goods, collecting customs duties, traffic charges and taxes.
  • (SAB): Regulates the alcohol market.
  • (FOITT): Provides IT services for the federal administration.
  • (FBL): Responsible for property management, central procurement of non-durable goods, federal publications and the production of the Swiss passport.
  • State Secretariat for International Financial Matters

The following independent authorities are affiliated to the FDF for administrative purposes:

  • (SFAO): The federal government audit office. Examines accounting practices and verifies the proper and efficient use of resources by the administration, other public service institutions and subsidy recipients.
  • Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA): Regulates banks, insurances, securities dealers, investment funds and stock exchanges, as well as the disclosure of shareholding interests, public takeover bids and mortgage lenders.
  • (PUBLICA): Provides insurance coverage to employees of the federal administration, the other branches of the federal government and associated organisations.[3]

  • The main entrance

  • A meeting room.

List of heads of the department[]

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Swiss Federal Chancellery. "The Swiss Confederation – a brief guide 2009". Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Organisation chart". Federal Department of Finance. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved May 2008. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ^ Federal Act on the Federal Pension Fund, of 20 December 2006 (status as of 1 January 2012), Federal Chancellery of Switzerland (page visited on 5 September 2016).

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Coordinates: 46°56′46″N 7°26′30″E / 46.9462°N 7.4416°E / 46.9462; 7.4416

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