Collection of documents of various businesses

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Country:: Belgium

Holding institution:: National Archives of Belgium 2 – Joseph Cuvelier Repository

Holding institution (official language):: Archives Générales du Royaume 2 – Dépôt Joseph Cuvelier

Postal address:: Hopstraat 26-28 / Rue du Houblon 26-28, 1000 Bruxelles

Phone number:: +32 (0)2 274 15 00

Web address:: http://www.arch.be/

Email:: agr_ar_2@arch.be

Reference number:: NAB2-Brussels-545-101

Title:: Collection of documents of various businesses

Title (official language):: Collection de documents d’entreprises diverses

Creator/accumulator:: FOD Financiën; SPF Finances

Date(s):: 1914/1918

Language:: French; English; German

Extent:: 26 linear metres

Scope and content:: This fonds concerns archival creators of which only some archival material was preserved. The files vary in content, often containing personal material, bookkeeping records and administrative documents. We note various files related to producers and merchants in the textile, fur, leather and skins industry.

Administrative/biographical history:: The Belgian government created the Ministry of Finance in 1831. As one of the five ministries at the time it was in charge of, notably, the new kingdom’s bookkeeping (budget, accounts, patrimonial accounting) and the execution of fiscal legislation. The Secretary-General was assisted by the General Secretariat, responsible for logistics, staff policy, accounting, the documentation and study service, the translation service, the automation service, the social service, etc. The ministry was also supported by a number of external services, advisory and executive commissions, and a number of public institutions. The Ministry of Finance was subdivided into ‘fiscal’ (among others Direct Taxes, Customs and Excise, Land Registration and Estates, Cadastre) and ‘non-fiscal’ (Treasury and Public Debt, Mint) departments. In the 1970s and 1990s the ministry underwent extensive reforms; new services were created and the tasks of some departments were redefined. The fiscal departments in particular were thoroughly reshaped. The formal creation of the FPS Finance dates back to 2002. Today, the FPS Finance has six general administrations (incl. Patrimonial Documentation, Treasury, Special Tax Inspection), five staff departments (incl. ICT, staff), eight departments of the Chairman (incl. the Central Legal Department) and three autonomous services (incl. Tax conciliation). (Several pages on http://financien.belgium.be/nl/; M. Preneel & J. Verhelst, “De FOD Financiën”, in P. van den Eeckhout & G. Vanthemsche (ed.), Bronnen voor de studie van het hedendaagse België 19e – 21e eeuw. Tweede herziene en uitgebreide uitgave. Brussel, Koninklijke Commissie voor Geschiedenis / Commission Royale d’Histoire, 2009, pp. 407-421.)

Subject terms:: Financial records; Personal records; Trade and commerce; Trade and commerce--Clothing and textile trade

Finding aids:: K. Carrein, F. Romano & C. Vancoppenolle, Fonds van sekwesterarchieven - Fonds des archives des séquestres XX : Inventaire collectif d’archives d’entreprises séquestrées après la première guerre mondiale – Verzamelinventaris van bedrijfsarchieven gesequestreerd na de Eerste Wereldoorlog, Bruxelles, ARA-AGR, 2006, pp. 229-231.

Yerusha Network member:: State Archives of Belgium

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