Through accountable, economic, efficient, equitable and sustainable public finances the National Treasury promotes:

• economic development
• promote good governance
• social progress
• rising living standards.

This Department is responsible for:

• the annual budget
• promoting public-private partnerships
• managing State assets and liabilities
• public finance management
• the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC)
• certain other specialist functions, including supply chain policy, logistics norms and standards and the state tender board.