About Ministry of Finance

Introduction to the Ministry of Finance.

The Ministry of Finance specifically is responsible for the management and execution of budget, collection of taxes, organization and control of public expenditures and payments to the government and finally the management of Custom Affairs. Every government, as well as the government of Afghanistan, has to know the status of its revenues and expenditures, the management of its financial resources and to allocate them effectively.

The main provision of a successful government is to prevent budget deficits. In order to achieve this goal the organization and proportion of revenues & expenditures should be taken in to consideration, also urgent measures must be taken to increase revenue collection, prevent unnecessary expenditures and organize their management.

The major portion of the Afghan budget is financed by international assistance. The Ministry of Finance as the responsible body for public finance and expenditure was able to increase step by step its influence on organization and management of international financial assistance to Afghanistan and trying to receive international assistance through the government.

For the last three years the Ministry of Finance is trying to regulate its activities according to international rules and regulations ; to achieve this goal the MoF established a Staff recruitment Section as well as a Policy Design and Execution Unit, arrangement are made for the capacity building and solving the problem of the MoF staff.

The aim of the MoF is to manage the financial affairs of the country on scientific economic principles so that Afghanistan becomes economically sustainable, secure and self-sufficient that is to ensure that public wealth is used on accountable and transparent manner.

The ultimate objective is to make the MoF able to exert a strong presence within the entire domestic community and develop a reputation that

1. Domestically, will support a free market economy and encourage entrepreneurial activities

2. Internationally, will insure both donors and foreign investors that Afghanistan has a well managed economy for whatever the MoF functions contribute.

The organizational structure of the ministry includes the Minister, Deputy Minister for Finance, Deputy Minister for Customs & Revenues and Deputy Minister for Administration, each Deputy Minister is leading and administering specific certain departments.

The Chief of Staff Office and the Departments of Budget, Treasury, Internal audit, Customs, Revenues, State Owned Enterprises and Administration carry out their duties with the help of well managed organizations. During the year 1383 each of the above mentioned departments have implemented their particular working plans and forwarded the aims of their future visions; the duties, working programs and strategic plans of each department is specifically and separately explained below the name of each department.

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