the general treasury of the kingdom

The General Treasury of the Kingdom

The recovery of public debts

Through its wide network of public accountants, the TGR insures the collection of tax and non-tax revenues, notably by:

  • The management of administrative and legal disputes relating to the recovery and the assistance of tax collectors in this area ;
  • The management of revenue orders in accordance with the State's general budget, supplementary budgets and special accounts of the Treasury ;
  • The centralization of the managements and recoveries in accordance with fines and pecuniary awards ;
  • The managements of loans and advances accounts granted by the treasury  and the "rolling funds" made by public projects' financing organizations ;
  • The development of statistics relating to the situation of public debts recovery ;

The control of public expenditures payment

The TGR insures the control and the regulation of public expenditures. Thus, the TGR network is responsible for controlling the commitments' consistency of nearly all the State's expenditures. Through its accountants' network, the TGR insures the regulation of such expenditures. Indeed, given the commitment's propositions and the payment orders sent by the authorizing officers, the TGR services proceed to the settlement of the State's debts.

The General Treasury also insures, through the Principal Payment Office of Salaries (Paierie Principale des Rémunérations ), the control and the payroll of nearly 650.000 employees.

The management of local finances

Through its treasurers and municipal tax collectors' network, the TGR insures the budget management of 1659 local authorities, 86 groups and 41 districts,

Indeed, the TGR proceeds to the recovery of their debts, the settlement of their expenditures and the payment of their staff.

The TGR also shares its expertise by providing advice and assistance that are necessary for the local authorities. This advice, which has a legal and financial nature, concerns, among other things, the modernization of accounting procedures, the financial analysis and the development of dashboards. 

The management of Treasury deposits

The TGR insures the Treasury deposits' management mission. Through this activity, it contributes in the financing of the State's treasury. In this regard, it manages the companies' accounts and the public establishments that are subject to the obligation of their funds' deposit within the treasury. This activity extends also to the management of other persons' deposits, whether they are legal persons or private ones.

The production of financial and accounting information

The TGR insures the centralization of the State's accounting operations and the local authorities' ones; therefore, it is considered as a reference when it comes to producing and developing the State's and local authorities' accounting information.

Thus, the production of accounting information allows to:

  • Describe precisely the budgetary and financial operations.
  • Restore rapidly reliable information that is vital for decision-making.
  • Restore rapidly reliable information that is vital for decision-making.