Ministry of Finance (Poland)

Ministry of Finance
Ministerstwo Finansów
Official governmental wall plaque
Ministerial logotype
Agency overview
Headquarters ul. Świętokrzyska 12, Warsaw
Agency executive
  • Teresa Czerwińska, Minister of Finance
Parent agency Council of Ministers
Website www.mf.gov.pl
Building of the Ministry of Finance

Poland's Ministry of Finance (Polish: Ministerstwo Finansów), headed by the Minister of Finance (Minister Finansów), is part of the government of Poland. Among its powers and responsibilities it drafts the national budget, deals with taxes, financing of the local self-governments and issues related to public debt.

In the area of taxation, the ministry oversees a system of local and regional tax offices. A local tax office is called urząd skarbowy ("tax office"[1]), while a higher-level office is called izba administracji skarbowej ("revenue administration regional office"[1]). There are approximately 400 of the former throughout the country, and 16 of the latter, one in each voivodeship (province). In each voivodeship there is also one "tax control office"[1] (urząd kontroli skarbowej).

The Ministry of Finance existed alongside the Ministry of the Treasury, which was responsible mainly for the management of nationally owned assets, and the Ministry of the Economy.

List of ministers

Below is a list of Finance Ministers of Poland.

Second Republic

People's Republic of Poland (1944–1989)

Third Republic (since 1989)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Revenue Administration". www.mf.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
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