Ministry of Public Action and Accounts


The Ministry of Public Action and Accounts is a ministry of the Government of France. It was created by President Nicolas Sarkozy 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 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, sharing the Economy and Finance Ministry's building on the Seine.
In the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex, Minister for Public Accounts is a junior title held by Olivier Dussopt. Although the officeholder is present at the Council of Ministers, he is administratively attached to the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery, Bruno Le Maire.

Tasks

The Minister of Public Action and Accounts supervises:
The French taxation system is supervised by two separate board:
The taxation information system are being modernised by the so-called Copernic tax project.
By delegation of the Prime Minister, he supervises also the Public Services and the modernisation of the State.
He is responsible with their colleagues for Health, Youth and Sport and for Labour, Labour Relations and Solidarity of the equilibrium of social accounts.