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The Ministry of Finance (MOF; ) is the ministry of the Republic of China (
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
) responsible for government revenue,
taxation A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures (regional, local, o ...
, treasury, government land properties, customs in Taiwan. The current minister is
Su Jain-rong Su Jain-rong (; born 12 November 1961) is a Taiwanese politician. Education Su obtained his master's degree in economics from National Chung Hsing University and doctoral degree in economics from Pennsylvania State University in the United Sta ...
. The Ministry of Finance also manages the administration of government land, tobacco and alcohol, deposit insurance for banking customers and export-import banking services.


Structure


Internal Structure

The internal structure of the agency is comprised: *Department of General Affairs *Department of International Fiscal Affairs *Department for the Promotion of Private Participation *Department of Secretarial *Department of Personnel *Department of Government Ethics *Department of Accounting *Department of Statistics *Department of Legal Affairs


Administrative Agencies

The Ministry of Finance has a number of subordinate agencies reporting to it. They are: * National Treasury Administration * Taxation Administration *
National Property Administration The National Property Administration (FNP; ) is the agency of the Ministry of Finance of Taiwan (ROC) responsible for the management of national property. History The FNP was established on 12 December 1960 by the Organic Regulations for Nat ...
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Customs Administration The Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance (CA; ) is the agency of the Ministry of Finance of Taiwan (ROC) dealing with customs policies and regulations in Taiwan. Republic of China is not a Member of World Customs Organization but ROC ...
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National Taxation Bureau of Taipei National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...
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National Taxation Bureau of Kaohsiung National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...
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National Taxation Bureau of the Northern Area National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...
* National Taxation Bureau of the Central Area *
National Taxation Bureau of the Southern Area National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...
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Fiscal Information Agency The Fiscal Information Agency (FIA; ) is an agency of the Ministry of Finance of the Taiwan (ROC). History FIA was originally established as Financial and Taxation Data Processing and Examination Center in 1968. It was later integrated to the M ...
* Training Institute


Local Agencies under supervision

The following agencies report to the Ministry of Finance of the central government are: *Bureau of Finance, Taipei Municipal Government *Bureau of Finance, Kaohsiung Municipal Government


Government corporations

These state-owned corporations report to the Ministry of Finance: *
Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation (TTL; ), is a state-owned manufacturer and distributor of cigarettes and alcohol, and also formerly (until 2002) a state-sanctioned alcohol beverage brewing and retailing monopoly, in Taiwan. Its most famou ...
* Bank of Taiwan *
Land Bank of Taiwan Land Bank of Taiwan (LBOT; ) is a wholly state-owned bank in Taiwan, Taiwan (ROC). It was owned by the Taiwan Provincial Government before its downsizing on December 21, 1998, when it was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan. It ...
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Export–Import Bank of the Republic of China The Export–Import Bank of the Republic of China (Chexim) () is a state-owned enterprise of the Ministry of Finance of Republic of China. It primarily offers credit insurance for foreign investment originating in Taiwan. The company also ins ...


List of Ministers of Finance

The following is a list of
finance minister A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...
s of the Republic of China.


Nationalist government during 1927–1947

* Sun Fo (孫科) 1927-1928 *
T. V. Soong Soong Tse-vung, more commonly romanized as Soong Tse-ven or Soong Tzu-wen (; 4 December 1894 – 25 April 1971), was a prominent businessman and politician in the early 20th-century Republic of China, who served as Premier. His father was Char ...
(宋子文) 1928–1933 *
H. H. Kung Kung Hsiang-hsi (; 11 September 1881 – 16 August 1967), often known as Dr. H. H. Kung, was a Chinese banker and politician in the early 20th century. He married Soong Ai-ling, the eldest of the three Soong sisters; the other two married Preside ...
(孔祥熙) 1933–1944


Constitutional government since 1948


Access

The MOF building is accessible from
Jingmei Station The Taipei Metro Jingmei station (formerly transliterated as Chingmei Station until 2003) is located in Wenshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is on the Songshan–Xindian line. Station overview This two-level, underground station, has an island p ...
of the
Taipei Metro Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), branded as Metro Taipei, is a rapid transit system serving the areas of Taipei and New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, which also operates the Maokong Gondo ...
on the Green Line.


See also

* Economy of Taiwan * List of banks in Taiwan


Notes and references

* Ministry of Finance
歷任部長基本資料
retrieved 2005-03-02. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry Of Finance (Republic Of China) 1912 establishments in China
Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of f ...
Republic of China, Finance
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
Finance in Taiwan