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U. S. Department of the Treasury Home Page
The Treasury site furnishes the results of T-Bill, Note, and Bond auction results, Savings Bond information, and links to other government agencies. View the latest Tax press releases and access information about online tax filing, tax wage reporting, and tax crime. Also access important IRS tax forms.
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The Department is administered by the United States Secretary of the Treasury and the Treasurer of the United States who receives and keeps the money of the United States. The Department prints and mints all paper currency and coins in circulation through the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Mint. It also collects all federal taxes through the Internal Revenue Service.
View the latest Financial Markets press releases and access information about the public debt, Treasury securities, government lending, economic development, and international capital movements. View the latest information on the current strength of the U.S. Economy, as well as the policies to sustain economic growth.
View the latest International press releases and access information about economic sanctions and embargoes, international markets and trade, foreign technical assistance, financial stability standards, and Treasury's International Programs budget.
The basic functions of the Department of the Treasury include:
- Managing Federal finances
- Collecting taxes, duties and monies paid to and due to the U.S and paying all bills of the U.S.
- Producing all postage stamps, currency and coinage
- Managing Government accounts and the U.S. public debt
- Supervising national banks and thrift institutions
- Advising on domestic and international financial, monetary, economic, trade and tax policy - fiscal policy being the sum of these, and the ultimate responsibility of Congress.
- Enforcing Federal finance and tax laws
- Investigating and prosecuting tax evaders, counterfeiters, forgers, smugglers, illicit spirits distillers, and gun law violators.