The Ministry of Public Action and Accounts (
French: ''Ministère de l'Action et des Comptes publics'') is a ministry of the
Government of France
The Government of France (, ), officially the Government of the French Republic (, ), exercises Executive (government), executive power in France. It is composed of the Prime Minister of France, prime minister, who is the head of government, ...
. It was created by President
Nicolas Sarkozy
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in 2007, when he split the Ministry of Finance and the Economy into the Ministry of Budget, Public Accounts and Civil Administration and the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Employment.
Éric Woerth
Éric Woerth (born 29 January 1956) is a French politician of Renaissance.
Early life and education
Woerth was born in Creil, Oise. He studied at Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University, HEC Paris and Sciences Po.
Political career Career in local ...
became the first Budget Minister to have a dedicated ministry since Sarkozy himself in 1995.
History
Woerth was entrusted with several missions and reforms to be led. The main reforms were to modify the statute of civil servants, to reduce the number of civil servants, to merge the taxation direction and the public compatibility services, to lead a
general review of public policies, to reduce the budget deficit, to elaborate a new legislation on online bets.
Budget Minister
Jérôme Cahuzac was reattached to the
Ministry of the Economy and Finance in 2012; the ministry took its current name and was reestablished again in 2017. It is housed at
Bercy
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History
Some of the oldest vestiges of human occupation in Paris were found on the territory of Bercy, dating from the late N ...
, sharing the Economy and Finance Ministry's building on the
Seine
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.
In the
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...
of
Prime Minister
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Jean Castex
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, Minister for Public Accounts was a junior title held by
Olivier Dussopt
Olivier Dussopt (; born 16 August 1978) is a French politician who served as minister of labour, employment and integration in the government of prime minister Élisabeth Borne from 2022 to 2024. He previously served as minister of public actio ...
. Although the officeholder was present at the Council of Ministers, he was administratively attached to the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery,
Bruno Le Maire
Bruno Le Maire (; born 15 April 1969) is a French politician, writer, and former diplomat who served as Economy and Finance Minister from 2017 to 2024 under President Emmanuel Macron.
A former member of The Republicans (LR), which he left in ...
.
Tasks
The Minister of Public Action and Accounts supervises:
* the preparation of the finance law (
budget
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) with the help of his colleague the Minister of the Economy and Finance in taxation ruling matters, he requires the Board for Tax Policy of the ''Direction générale des Finances Publiques''), which is then submitted to
Parliament
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for
amendment
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and final approval;
* the
taxation
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system;
* the accounting of the State and all public bodies (by the ''
Direction générale des Finances Publiques'').
The
French taxation system is supervised by two separate board:
* the ''Direction générale des Finances Publiques'' for tax evaluation and collecting taxes such as
VAT
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or
corporate tax
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,
income tax
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or local taxes based on estate locative value.
* the ''
Direction générale des douanes et des droits indirects'' for custom, for tax on petrol and fuels and for
special indirect taxes such as taxes on alcohol, tobacco);
The taxation
information system
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are being modernised by the so-called
Copernic tax project.
By delegation of the Prime Minister, he supervises also the Public Services (essentially statutes and salaries of the State, local and hospital Public Services) and the modernisation of the State (including computing means).
He is responsible with their colleagues for Health, Youth and Sport and for Labour, Labour Relations and Solidarity of the equilibrium of social accounts.
See also
*
List of budget ministers of France
References
External links
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Public Action and Accounts
1958 establishments in France
Ministry of Finance (France)