Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)

The ministry was founded in 1798. In the early history of the ministry, the Prime Minister often served as Minister of Finance. Pieter Philip van Bosse served as Minister of Finance five times. Since 1965 a State Secretary has been appointed each formation with responsibility for taxation. The most recent Prime Minister to serve as his own Minister of Finance was Jelle Zijlstra (1966–67). ==Responsibilities==

The ministry has the duty to "guard the treasury and aim for a financially sound and prosperous state of the Netherlands. • It is responsible for the income and expenditure of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. • It collects the taxes and develops fiscal legislation. • It seeks to expend the budget of the government responsibly, efficiently and effectively. • It is also responsible for financial-economic policy. • It supervises the financial markets, banks and financial transfers. ==Organisation==

The ministry is currently headed by one minister and two State Secretaries. The ministry's main office is located in the centre of The Hague at the Korte Voorhout. It employs almost 1,500 civil servants. The civil service is headed by a secretary general and a deputy secretary general, who head a system of four directorates general: • General Treasury (financial economic policy), led by the Treasurer-General • Agency of the General Treasury • Directorate Financing • Directorate Financial Markets • Directorate Foreign Financial Relations • Directorate General for the Budget • Directorate Budget Affairs • Inspection of National Finances • Directorate General for Fiscal Affairs • Directorate General Fiscal Policy • Directorate Taxation Management • Directorate International Affairs and Excise Tax • Directorate General for Taxation It is also responsible for several decentralized services: • The agency in Amsterdam • The Tax and Customs Administration, the Dutch revenue service, which includes the customs service and the fiscal policy • Service for State Property • Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) == Holdings ==

A list of all companies (partially owned) by the Dutch government via the Ministry of Finance. State holdings List of companies of which the Ministry of Finance acts merely as shareholder. Policy holdings List of policy holdings in which the role of shareholder and policy maker cannot be unbundled from each other. These companies are (partially) owned by the Ministry of Finance and managed by the relevant ministry. Temporarily financial institutions NLFI is the shareholder on behalf of the Dutch Government in the financial institutions that are state-owned as a result of the 2008 financial crisis. ==See also==