Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público

The Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, usually called SHCP or Hacienda, directs Mexico's federal financial and fiscal policy. Its responsibilities include revenue, expenditure, taxation and public debt. The ministry's organisation manual describes a broad policy and coordination role across government finances, bringing decisions about public income and spending within one institutional structure.

The ministry includes the Federal Treasury. It carries out functions involving the receipt, custody and payment of public funds, rather than representing the whole of Hacienda's remit. That organisational distinction helps explain financial legislation that names the Treasury as a recipient of revenue. A Treasury allocation and a dedicated spending programme are different parts of the public-finance process.