Service Regulations of the Directorate of Finance and Church Affairs (Do FKD) - Scope (FKD)

1. This Service Regulation governs the organization of the offices and departments of the Finance and Church Directorate (short: Directorate).

1. The Directorate exercises its core competencies in the following fields of action

a. Finances;

b. Taxes;

c. Personnel;

d. Gender Equality for Women and Men;

e. Information Technology;

f. Municipalities;

g. Statistics;

h. Social Assistance;

i. Churches;

j. Media Policy;

k. Investments;

l. * Registry Affairs;

m. * Digital Transformation;

n. * Data Management;

o. * Rights for People with Disabilities.

1. The division of the Directorate into departments is governed by § 9 of the Ordinance on the Government and Administrative Organization Law of Basel-Landschaft (Government and Administrative Organization Ordinance Basel-Landschaft, GAOOL BL) of December 19, 2017.

2. Under the umbrella of Equality BL, the Finance and Church Directorate manages the Office for the Equality of Women and Men and the Contact Point for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

1. The Director shall manage the directorate with the aid of performance mandates and other management instruments.

2. The Deputy Director shall be represented in administrative matters by the Secretary General.

1. The head of the department is responsible for signing orders that are to be issued within the scope of the department's responsibilities.

2. They may delegate the authority to issue orders to units in certain areas of responsibility. Such delegation requires the approval of the director.

3. The legally competent jurist is authorized to sign procedural orders.

4. The department that has issued the order shall, upon request, issue the certificate of legal finality in accordance with administrative procedural legislation.

1. The head of the office is responsible for the cost and performance accounting in accordance with § 31 of the Financial Budget Act (FHG) dated June 1, 2017.

2. The authority for expenditure approvals is determined by the Regulation on the Authority for Expenditure Approvals in the Finance and Church Directorate dated February 1, 2018.

3. The director regulates the competences regarding the conclusion of contracts in a regulation.

1. The Government Council is the appointing authority

a. * of the heads of departments according to § 2 para. 1 of the Ordinance on the Personnel Act (Personnel Ordinance) dated 19 December 2000;

b. * of the head of the Office for Gender Equality;

c. * of the head of the Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

2. For legal interns, § 2 para. 2 of the Personnel Ordinance applies.

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4. Appointing authorities according to § 2 para. 4 of the Personnel Ordinance are

a. for the employees of the General Secretariat: the head of the directorate and the general secretary;

b. for persons with apprenticeship contracts: the head of the department and the person responsible for vocational training;

c. for the other employees: the general secretary and the head of the department.

5. For persons with internship contracts, the regulation according to para. 4 lit. a and c applies.

1. The General Secretariat is divided into the following departments

a. Communication;

b. Legal Affairs and Finances;

c. Personnel;

d. Municipalities, consisting of the Competence Center for Municipal Finances and the Competence Center for Municipal Law;

e. Digital Transformation.

2. The Secretary General, together with the heads of Communication and Legal Affairs and Finances, forms the staff.

1. The Secretariat General has the following tasks

a. comprehensive leadership support for the head of the directorate;

b. advising and supporting the departments;

c. issuing technical directives to the departments;

d. planning, coordination, and quality assurance within the directorate;

e. competence center for general municipal issues and supervision of the municipalities (excluding municipal finances);

f. carrying out tasks related to the national churches and religious communities as well as overseeing the "Church Property Foundation" on behalf of the government council;

g. * competence center for communication and media policy;

h. * digital transformation and organizational development within the directorate;

i. * competence center for municipal finances (financial equalization and task division, municipal accounting and financial supervision);

j. * further development of supplementary benefits.

1. The Office for Gender Equality of Women and Men is administratively subordinated to the General Secretariat.

2. The Office appears under the name "Gender Equality for Women and Men Canton of Basel-Landschaft" or under the abbreviation "GfFM".

1. The Competence Center has the following tasks in particular

a. Development of principles for equality policy;

b. Advising and supporting the directorates, courts, and third parties in implementation;

c. Development of programs and measures to promote equality by third parties;

d. Coordination and monitoring.

1. The contact point for the rights of persons with disabilities is administratively subordinated to the General Secretariat.

2. The contact point operates under the name "Office for Disability Rights" or the abbreviation "BehiF."

1. The Contact Point has the following main tasks

a. Development of the canton’s priorities for the implementation of the rights of people with disabilities for the attention of the government council;

b. Monitoring and coordination of the implementation of disability law provisions by the federal and cantonal authorities, and advising the cantonal administration;

c. Promotion of awareness regarding the rights of people with disabilities within the state, economy, and society.

1. The management of the Office for the Equality of Women and Men and the management of the Contact Point for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities coordinate the activities of their offices, where possible and appropriate, and utilize synergies under the umbrella of Equality BL.

2. They lead Equality BL in joint management.

1. The Financial Administration is structured as follows

a. Government Controlling;

b. Finance and Economic Affairs;

c. Finances and Treasury;

d. Insurance Management;

e. Staff Units.

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1. The Financial Administration has the following tasks

a. superior planning and management of the state budget to ensure the financial balance of the budget;

b. implementation and further development of financial law;

c. organization of accounting and professional leadership in the field of financial reporting;

d. management of social insurances;

e. professional leadership or coordination in the areas of investment controlling, risk management and internal control system (ICS), insurances, legislation on motor vehicle tax, hardship assistance BL, and national financial equalization;

f. management of the treasury;

g. operation and further development of cross-directorate financial applications.

1. The tax administration is structured as follows

a. Natural Persons 1

1. Self-employed I,

2. Self-employed II,

3. Employees I,

4. Employees II,

5. Employees/Self-employed;

b. Natural Persons 2 (including withholding tax);

c. Municipalities and Appeals (including additional and punitive taxes);

d. Legal Entities;

e. Audit Department;

f. * Services and Projects

1. Office,

2. Registry,

3. Master Data Management,

4. * Information Technology;

g. Special Taxes;

h. Tax Collection

1. Service Center,

2. Debt Collection,

3. Accounting,

4. Management of Loss Certificates,

5. * Waiver Matters (administrative subordination);

i. Withholding Tax.

2. The Management Board is supported by an Executive Staff and the Legal Service as staff positions.

1. The Tax Administration has the following duties

a. Execution of federal and cantonal tax laws;

b. Examination of tax returns and assessment of natural and legal persons;

c. Assessment of capital gains tax on real estate, property transfer tax, inheritance tax, and gift tax (special taxes);

d. Collection of state taxes, direct federal taxes, special taxes, and municipal taxes on behalf of municipalities;

e. Central management of loss certificates for all offices of the canton;

f. Processing and collection of withholding tax;

g. Management of notifications and correspondence with governmental offices as well as with the Federal Tax Administration;

h. Development and adaptation of tax laws;

i. Supervision and support of municipal tax offices;

j. Expansion and development of services focusing on the digitization of offerings and processes.

1. The Personnel Office is structured as follows

a. Management of the Personnel Office and Personnel Organization;

b. Service Center

1. Management of the Service Center,

2. Payroll and Social Insurance,

3. HR Support,

4. Central Services;

c. Competence Center

1. Management of the Competence Center,

2. Personnel Remuneration Department,

3. Personnel Development Department,

4. Personnel Law Department.

2. The Management of the Personnel Office supervises the staff units for Assistance, Personnel Controlling, Communication and Projects, as well as Digital Transformation HR.

3. The Management of the Competence Center supervises the staff units for Assistance as well as Personnel Development Digital Transformation.

1. The Human Resources Office has the following responsibilities

a. Strategic advising of the Executive Council in the development of personnel policy and personnel management strategy;

b. Development of principles and implementation of personnel policy and personnel management strategy in cooperation with the directorates and special authorities;

c. Provision, coordination, and monitoring of cantonal personnel tools and processes;

d. Further development, adaptation, and enforcement of personnel law;

e. Advising of the cantonal administration, municipalities, and public law institutions;

f. Execution of administrative HR processes and payroll activities.

2. The leadership of the Human Resources Office holds strong professional leadership in accordance with the Ordinance on Personnel Organization of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft (Personnel Organization Ordinance) of June 21, 2022.

1. The Office for Data and Statistics is structured as follows

a. Department of Software Development/Data Engineering;

b. Data Services;

c. Competence Center for Registers (Master Data)

1. Cantonal Personal Register arbo;

2. Cantonal Building and Housing Register (kGWR);

d. Competence and Coordination Center for Open Government Data (OGD);

e. Department of Statistics

1. Data Science;

2. Demographics Division;

3. Spatial and Environment Division;

4. Soil Division;

5. Economics Division;

6. Construction and Housing Division;

7. Social Affairs Division;

8. Health Division;

9. Education Division;

10. Finance Division.

1. The Office for Data and Statistics has the following tasks

a. Supporting public administration, courts, and special authorities in the development and implementation of professional and comprehensive data management;

b. Responsibilities of the Register Expert Office (Master Data) in accordance with the Registration and Register Act (ARR) of June 19, 2008;

c. Providing professional advice to cantonal departments and authorities regarding the preparation and publication of their government data as Open Government Data (OGD);

d. Execution of cantonal statistical tasks in accordance with the Statistics Act of February 21, 2008;

e. Execution of federal statistics in accordance with the Federal Statistics Act (FStatA) of October 9, 1992;

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1. The Cantonal Social Office is structured as follows

a. Social Assistance and Asylum;

b. Maintenance Contributions and Collection;

c. Projects;

d. * Staff Unit;

e. * Assessment Center;

f. * Integration Promotion Center.

**1. The Cantonal Social Office has the following responsibilities:**

a. Development of the principles for social assistance policy;

b. Supervision of the municipal social assistance authorities;

c. * Implementation of cantonal responsibilities in the areas of social assistance, rental subsidies, advance payment and enforcement for maintenance contributions, and asylum and refugee matters.

d. * Provision of preventive services, preceding social assistance;

e. * Handling of cross-cutting issues in the field of poverty policy.

1. The Central IT Department is structured as follows

a. Executive Management;

b. Business Solutions;

c. Workplace Solutions;

d. Platform Services;

e. Management Services.

1. The functions of Central Informatics are regulated in the Ordinance on Informatics (Informatics Ordinance) of January 24, 2017, in the Ordinance on the Law on Electronic Business Transactions and Communication (E-Government Ordinance, Vo E-GovG) of December 14, 2021, as well as in the Ordinance on Information Security (VIS) of March 11, 2008.

1. The Digital Transformation Department is structured as follows

a. Management;

b. Services.

**1. The Responsibilities of the Digital Transformation Office** are regulated in the Digital Transformation Ordinance (DTo) of January 23, 2024, and in the Ordinance on Project and Project Portfolio Management (OPPPM) of January 24, 2017.