!!!Finanzministerium, Bundesministerium für Finanzen

Finance, Ministry of, official name: Federal Ministry of Finance, 
supreme authority in the financial administration of the federal 
government. All other agencies of financial administration come under 
its jurisdiction (at the lowest level of authority are the revenue 
offices and customs offices, the second level of authority is 
represented by the provincial finance offices in Vienna, Linz, 
Salzburg, Innsbruck, Feldkirch, Graz and Klagenfurt). The finance 
ministry also has jurisdiction over the Federal Pensions Office, the  
Finanzprokuratur, the  Hauptpunzierungs- und Probieramt (Central 
Hallmarking and Assay Office), the Austrian Postal Savings Bank and 
the Austrian Mint Office ( Muenze Oesterreich AG). In 1996 the 
Ministry of Finance also assumed the role of owner for the OeIAG 
(Oesterreichische Industrie Holding AG) and for the Austrian postal 
and telecommunications companies (PTBG).

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In addition the Ministry of Finance is responsible for the following 
areas: matters of the system of public finances and of  
Revenue-sharing, drawing up the federal budget proposal and managing 
the federal budget ( Federal Budget), supervision of the banking and 
insurance sectors, controlling federal assets, matters of public 
accountants, financial matters of civil servants as well as 
negotiating on the granting of government loans.

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The Ministry of Finance, formerly the  Hofkammer, has been located in 
the winter residence of Prince Eugène at Himmelpfortgasse in 
Vienna´s 1st district since 1848; from 1957 to 1959 a modern 
wing was added. From 1918 to 1920 and in 1945 the Ministry of Finance 
was officially named the "Staatsamt fuer Finanzen" ("State Agency for 
Financial Matters").

!Literature
B. Mauhart (ed.), Das Winterpalais des Prinzen Eugen, 
1979; H. Waitzbauer (ed.), Prinz Eugen - Winterpalais, 1998.


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