JCDenton  +  684390 Sun, 08 Mar 09 03:47 PM Hi guys, could you please help me with the understanding of what this office does in the US? I didn't find an direct answer on it. From what I found it seems that every state in the US has this "State treasury"office. A head of this office is called "State treasurer", but what duties this office have? As far as I know, you don't have in the US minister of finance, right? Does it mean that "state treasury"office is some kind of replacement of this minister of finance for every state? thanks in advance for your help Best Regards JCD JCDenton Joined on Tue, Jul 3 2007 Regular Member 658

	Grammar Geek  +  684394 Sun, 08 Mar 09 04:07 PM It handle's the state's finances: taxes coming in, expenses, etc. The US certainly has a U.S. Treasury Department: http://www.ustreas.gov/ We don't have ministries - we have departments. We don't have ministers, we have Secretaries. There is a Treasury Secretary.     Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,671 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Countries, United States

	JCDenton  +  684420 Sun, 08 Mar 09 04:49 PM Thanks GG! Btw your new elephant avatar is lovely. Best Regards JCDenton

	Grammar Geek  +  684442 Sun, 08 Mar 09 06:20 PM You have Avangi to thank for the new avatar :)   Grammar Geek