Accounts of unpaid taxes assessed on non-resident lands
Series Number
11276
Summary
This series contains accounts of unpaid taxes on lands owned by non-residents. Through 1893 the records cover all counties except New York (Manhattan); after 1893 only Forest Preserve counties are represented. The accounts were prepared by the town tax collectors, certified as accurate by the county treasurer, and forwarded to the state comptroller for filing. Accounts list parcels owned by non-residents on which taxes were unpaid, and show the acreage, assessed valuation, and amount of tax due.
Creator
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
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The Estates Tax Processing Unit deals with the payment of taxes against the transfer of property from the estates of decedents. Records include last wills and testaments; real property appraisals and photographs; correspondence; trust deeds; estate inventories; and other documents pertaining to the transfer of estates and payment of taxes on estates. Because most decedents established life trusts to dispose of their estates, the files often include wealthy citizens such as Astor, Morgan, Carnegie, and Rockefeller.
Creator
New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. Estates Tax Processing Unit
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Incoming correspondence from clerks of boards of supervisors regarding the assessment of taxes
Series Number
A1238
Summary
This series consists of correspondence from county boards of supervisors, tax assessors and county clerks to the Comptroller's Office regarding the assessment and/or collection of New York State taxes. Topics include deadlines for reports to the Comptroller's Office, information to facilitate the compilation of assessment rolls, the receipt of forms and questions concerning the assessment of taxes.
Creator
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
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This series contains outgoing correspondence from the Comptroller's Office to county treasurers, individuals, law firms and state agencies. Subjects include taxation or payments for services and requests for clarification on reports. Some volumes are missing.
Creator
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
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Warrants to sheriff of Ulster County to levy arrears of taxes
Series Number
A0969
Summary
This series consists of copies of warrants issued by the Ulster County Treasurer, commanding the sheriff to levy arrears of taxes on lands and chattels of collectors of taxes in the various precincts of the county, and to imprison them unless the taxes were paid. Each warrant gives the sum of taxes due from the collector. There is also a letter of transmittal from Christopher Tappen, County Treasurer, to the State Treasurer.
Creator
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
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Legal documentation relating to lands conveyed to Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Series Number
A1388
Summary
This series consists of deeds, mortgages, bonds, assignments and traced maps of lots in Buffalo. The land was conveyed to the Commissioners of the Canal Fund as collateral for two judgments against Thadeus W. Patchin, bankrupt, in 1874. In 1881 the Commissioners of the Canal Fund empowered the State Treasurer to settle or cancel back taxes on the Buffalo lots, and this series also contains taxes searches and related documents from this action.
Creator
New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
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