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Department of (the) Treasury or Treasury Department may refer to:

Many of the States of the United States, the States of Australia, Provinces of Canada, and other political subdivisions also have a Department of the Treasury.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States Secretary of the Treasury</span> Head of the United States Department of the Treasury

The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters pertaining to economic and fiscal policy. The secretary is, by custom, a member of the president's cabinet and, by law, a member of the National Security Council, and high in the U.S. presidential line of succession.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States Department of the Treasury</span> United States federal executive department

The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States, where it serves as an executive department. The department oversees the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the U.S. Mint. These two agencies are responsible for printing all paper currency and minting coins, while the treasury executes currency circulation in the domestic fiscal system. The USDT collects all federal taxes through the Internal Revenue Service; manages U.S. government debt instruments; licenses and supervises banks and thrift institutions; and advises the legislative and executive branches on matters of fiscal policy. The department is administered by the secretary of the treasury, who is a member of the Cabinet. The treasurer of the United States has limited statutory duties, but advises the Secretary on various matters such as coinage and currency production. Signatures of both officials appear on all Federal Reserve notes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">HM Treasury</span> Ministerial department of the UK Government

His Majesty's Treasury, occasionally referred to as the Exchequer, or more informally the Treasury, is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for developing and executing the government's public finance policy and economic policy. The Treasury maintains the Online System for Central Accounting and Reporting, the replacement for the Combined Online Information System, which itemises departmental spending under thousands of category headings, and from which the Whole of Government Accounts annual financial statements are produced.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Office of Foreign Assets Control</span> Agency of the United States Department of the Treasury

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is a financial intelligence and enforcement agency of the United States Treasury Department. It administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions in support of U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives. Under presidential national emergency powers, OFAC carries out its activities against foreign governments, organizations, and individuals deemed a threat to U.S. national security.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Treasury</span> Place in which valuables, currency, or property is kept, or the government dept. in charge of it

A treasury is either

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Treasurer</span> Person responsible for running the treasury of an organization

A treasurer is a person responsible for the financial operations of a government, business, or other organization.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ministry of finance</span> Government department responsible for financial policies

A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States Treasury security</span> US government debt instruments

United States Treasury securities, also called Treasuries or Treasurys, are government debt instruments issued by the United States Department of the Treasury to finance government spending, in addition to taxation. Since 2012, the U.S. government debt has been managed by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, succeeding the Bureau of the Public Debt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Treasurer of Australia</span> Australian government minister in charge of economic policy

The Treasurerof Australia, also known as the FederalTreasurer or more simply the Treasurer, is the minister of state of the Commonwealth of Australia charged with overseeing government revenue collection, federal expenditure and economic policy as the head of the Department of the Treasury. The current treasurer is Jim Chalmers, who was selected by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in May 2022 following the 2022 Australian federal election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tasmanian Government</span> State government of Tasmania, Australia

The Tasmanian Government or the Government of Tasmania is the executive branch of the Australian state of Tasmania. The leader of the party or coalition with the confidence of the House of Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Tasmania, is invited by the governor of Tasmania to form the executive. The governor appoints the premier of Tasmania.

A registrar is an official keeper of records made in a register. The term may refer to:

DTF may refer to:

NTA may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Office of Intelligence and Analysis (Treasury Department)</span> Agency of the United States Department of the Treasury

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA) is a component of the United States Department of the Treasury responsible for the receipt, analysis, collation, and dissemination of foreign intelligence and counterintelligence information related to the operation and responsibilities of the Treasury Department.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Treasury (Australia)</span> Federal treasury department of the Australian Government

The Department of the Treasury, also known as The Treasury, is the national treasury and financial department of the federal government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The treasury is responsible for executing economic and fiscal policy, market regulation and the delivery of the federal budget with the department overseeing 16 agencies. The Treasury is one of only two departments that have existed continuously since Federation in 1901, the other being the Department of the Attorney-General.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury</span> United States federal position

A United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury is one of several positions in the United States Department of the Treasury, serving under the United States Secretary of the Treasury.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Department of Treasury and Finance (Victoria)</span> Victorian state government department

The Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF), often informally referred to as the Treasury, is a government department in Victoria, Australia.

A treasury is a financial safe-house.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rosa Gumataotao Rios</span> American politician (born 1965)

Rosa Gumataotao Rios is an American academic. She served as the 43rd Treasurer of the United States and is a visiting scholar at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.

Muwaffaq Mustafa Mohammed al-Karmoush, known by his kunya Abu Saleh al-Afri, was an Iraqi man and senior financier for the Islamic State.