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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name = Federal Department of Finance
| native_name = {{in lang|de}} Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement<br/>{{in lang|fr}} Département fédéral des finances<br/>{{in lang|it}} Dipartimento federale delle finanze<br/>{{in lang|rm}} Departament federal da finanzas
| logo = Logo der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft.svg
| logo_width = 300px
| logo_caption =
| image = Département fédéral des finances, Berne.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| image_caption = The Bernerhof, headquarters of the Federal Department of Finance
| seal =
| seal_width =
| seal_caption =
| formed = {{Start date and age|1848}}
| jurisdiction = [[Federal administration of Switzerland]]
| headquarters = [[Bern]]
| employees = 8,048<ref name=guide2009>{{Cite web|title=The Swiss Confederation – a brief guide 2009|author=Swiss Federal Chancellery|url=http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html?lang=en|postscript=|access-date=4 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514013106/http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html?lang=en|archive-date=14 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| budget = Expenditure: [[Swiss franc|CHF]] 15.7 billion<br/>Revenue: CHF 59.5 billion<br/>(2009)<ref name=guide2009/>
| minister1_name = [[UeliKarin MaurerKeller-Sutter]]
| minister1_pfo = [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Federal Councillor]]
| parent_agency =
| child1_agency = [[State Secretariat for International Financial Matters]]
| child2_agency = [[Federal Finance Administration]]
| child3_agency = [[Federal Office of Personnel]]
| child4_agency = [[Federal Tax Administration]]
| child5_agency = [[Federal Office for Customs and Border Security]]
| child6_agency = [[Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication]]
| child6_agency =
| child7_agency = [[Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics]]
| website = [https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/en/home.html www.efd.admin.ch]▼
| child8_agency = [[Swiss Federal Audit Office]]
| footnotes =▼
| child9_agency = [[FINMA]]
| child10_agency = [[Swiss Federal Pension Fund]]
▲| website = [https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/en/home.html www.efd.admin.ch]
▲| footnotes =
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The Department is composed of the following offices:<ref>{{cite web|title=Organisation chart|publisher=Federal Department of Finance|access-date= |url=http://www.efd.admin.ch/org/org/00580/index.html?lang=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007160956/http://www.efd.admin.ch/org/org/00580/index.html?lang=en|archive-date=7 October 2008 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
 
* General Secretariat, including the Federal Strategy Unit for IT (FSUIT).
* [[State Secretariat for International Financial Matters]] (SIF)▼
* [[Federal Finance Administration]] (FFA): Responsible for the budget, financial planning, financial policy, the federal treasury and [[Equalization Payments in Switzerland|financial equalisation between the Confederation and the cantons]]. OperatesIt also supervises the [[Swissmint|federal mint]] and the [[Central Compensation Office]] (CCO) in Geneva (responsible for implementing the Swiss social security).
* [[Federal Office of Personnel]] (FOPER): Responsible for human resources management, personnel policy and personnel training.
* [[Federal Tax Administration]] (FTA): Responsible for federal revenue collection and the application of federal tax laws in the cantons.
* [[Swiss Federal Office for Customs Administration|Federaland CustomsBorder AdministrationSecurity]] (FCAFOCBS): Responsible for monitoring the import, export and transit of goods, collecting customs duties, traffic charges and taxes.
** [[Swiss Border Guard]], which carries out [[border police]] duties.
* [[Swiss Alcohol Board]] (SAB): Regulates the alcohol market.
* [[Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication]] (FOITT): Provides [[Information technology|IT]] services for the federal administration.
* [[Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics]] (FBLFOBL): Responsible for property management, central procurement of non-durable goods, federal publications and the production of the [[Swiss passport]].
▲* [[State Secretariat for International Financial Matters]]
 
The following independent authorities are affiliated to the FDF for administrative purposes:
* [[Swiss Federal Audit Office]] (SFAO): The federal government [[audit]] office. Examines accounting practices and verifies the proper and efficient use of resources by the administration, other public service institutions and subsidy recipients.
* [[Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority]] (FINMA): Regulates banks, insurances, securities dealers, investment funds and stock exchanges, as well as the disclosure of shareholding interests, public takeover bids and mortgage lenders.
* [[Swiss Federal Pension Fund|Federal Pension Fund]] (PUBLICA)]]: Provides insurance coverage to employees of the federal administration, the other branches of the federal government and associated organisations.<ref>[https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/20050203/index.html Federal Act on the Federal Pension Fund], of 20 December 2006 (status as of 1 January 2012), [[Federal Chancellery of Switzerland]] (page visited on 5 September 2016).</ref>
 
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* 2004–2010: [[Hans-Rudolf Merz]]
* 2010–2016: [[Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf]]
* 2016–present2016–2022: [[Ueli Maurer]]
* 2023–present: [[Karin Keller-Sutter]]
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[[Category:Federal Department of Finance| ]]
[[Category:Lists of members of the Federal Council (Switzerland)|Finance]]
[[Category:FinanceMinistries ministriesof finance|Switzerland]]
[[Category:Federal departments of Switzerland|Finance]]
[[Category:Ministries established in 1848|Switzerland, Finance]]
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