Puerto Rico Department of Treasury

Puerto Rico Department of Treasury
Departamento de Hacienda de Puerto Rico
Agency overview
Formed	1811 (213 years ago)
Type	Executive department
Jurisdiction	Islandwide
Headquarters	San Juan, PR
Agency executive	Francisco Parés Alicea, Secretary;
Child agency	Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions;
Key documents	Power Act 1811; Foraker Act; Jones Act; Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1994;
Website	www.hacienda.gobierno.pr
Footnotes
	Dates back to the Cortes of Cádiz. Few historic documents of that era remain.

The Puerto Rico Department of Treasury (Spanish: Departamento de Hacienda de Puerto Rico) is the executive department of the government of Puerto Rico responsible for the treasury of the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is one of the constitutionally-created executive departments and is headed by a Secretary.^[1]

The department collects taxes, operates the local lottery, and serves as the central disbursement agency of the government.

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^ "Plan de Reorganización Núm. 3 de 1994". Government of Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on August 23, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2014.