Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit

The Secretariat of the Treasury and Public Credit (Spanish: Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, SHCP) is the finance ministry of Mexico. The Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the department, and is a member of the federal executive cabinet, appointed to the post by the President of the Republic, with the approval of the Chamber of Deputies. Recently, the institution has been promoting a financial inclusion policy and is now a member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion. This position is analogous to the Secretary of the Treasury in the United States of America or to the finance ministers of other nations.

• Proposes and directs the Federal Government’s economic policy as regards finances, tax, spending, income and public debt and statistics, geography and information, in order to ensure quality, equitable, inclusive and sustained economic growth.

Mexico
Secretariat of the Treasury and Public Credit

Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público
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Agency overview
Formed	1821
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Mexico
Headquarters	Palacio Nacional, Plaza de la Constitución s/n, Col. Centro, Deleg. Cuauhtémoc. Ciudad de México
Employees	7,850
Annual budget	$27.4 billion (FY 2010)
Agency executive	Rogelio Ramírez de la O
Child agency	Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores
Website	http://www.shcp.gob.mx/

Mexican Customs Bureau (Administración General de Aduanas) is part of the Mexican Tax Administration Service, the government body entrusted with the collection of taxes at the national level. Both departments answer to the Treasurer.