Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1811 (206 years ago) |
Type | Executive department |
Jurisdiction | executive branch |
Headquarters | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Agency executive | |
Child agency | |
Key documents | |
Website | www.hacienda.gobierno.pr |
Footnotes | |
Dates back to the Cádiz Cortes. Few historic documents of that era remain. |
The Department of Treasury of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Departamento de Hacienda de Puerto Rico) is the executive department of the government of Puerto Rico responsible for the treasury of Puerto Rico. It is one of the constitutionally-created executive departments and is headed by a Secretary.
The Department collects taxes, operates the Puerto Rico Lottery, and serves as the central disbursement agency of the government.