The Ministry is involved with economic planning, fiscal policy, national accounting, the national budget, and creating an environment for investment and growth.

[1] The main offices of the Ministry are located in Accra.

[2] Komla Agbeli Gbedemah was the first Finance Minister of independent Ghana under Kwame Nkrumah[3][4] between 1954 and 1961.

In the 2022 budget reading, Ken Ofori Atta made it known that the government had decided a 1.75% rate of the E-levy on all transactions.

[5] [6] The following are government agencies of the Ministry: The Ministry has the oversight responsibilities with regard to: Divisions under the ministry include: The first Ghanaian to head this ministry is Komla Agbeli Gbedemah who assumed this position in 1954 when the Britain allowed Kwame Nkrumah to form a government prior to gaining full independence in 1957.