Éric Woerth became the first Budget Minister to have a dedicated ministry since Sarkozy himself in 1995.

The main reforms were to modify the statute of civil servants, to reduce the number of civil servants, to merge the taxation direction and the public compatibility services, to lead a general review of public policies, to reduce the budget deficit, to elaborate a new legislation on online bets.

It is housed at Bercy, sharing the Economy and Finance Ministry's building on the Seine.

The Minister of Public Action and Accounts supervises: The French taxation system is supervised by two separate board: The taxation information system are being modernised by the so-called Copernic tax project.

By delegation of the Prime Minister, he supervises also the Public Services (essentially statutes and salaries of the State, local and hospital Public Services) and the modernisation of the State (including computing means).