The Commission for the Revision of the Tax Laws, during the Great Depression, was tasked with redesigning the state's tax structure to distribute the burden as widely and evenly as possible, with a specific eye for relieving property taxes. This series consists of two bound volumes containing reports and data sets regarding the state budget and financial situation that were assembled to allow the commission to make recommendations for changes.
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New York (State). Commission for the Revision of the Tax Laws
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This series contains lists of persons upon whom real and/or personal property taxes were levied in response to State tax legislation passed in 1779, 1786, 1787, and 1788. All of the tax lists in the series pertain to districts within Albany County. Lists vary slightly in format from year to year and even within the same year. All, however, feature the names of persons taxed in each district, in no discernible order, and the total amount of taxes owed by each person.
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New York (State). Treasurer's Office
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New York State Treasurer's Office accounts and tax assessment lists
Series Number
A3210
Summary
This series consists of accounts of revenues and expenditures recorded by the Treasurer of New York Colony, 1721-1729, and tax assessment lists submitted by Superintendents of Taxes to the Treasurer of New York State, 1779-1788. The records document the first, second, and third wards of the City of Albany as well as the following counties: Albany, Dutchess, Montgomery, Orange, Queens, Richmond, Ulster, and Westchester.
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New York (State). Treasurer's Office
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Second report ("Depression taxes and economy through reform of local government")
Series Number
A3231
Summary
This series contains the Commission for the Revision of the Tax Laws' second report, submitted in 1933. The report, coming in the wake of the Depression wiping out the state budget surplus, recommended several new taxes on personal income, businesses, and insurance, as well as for commodities such as vehicle licenses, gas, soft drinks, medicine, and cosmetics. It also outlined recommendations for restructuring local tax codes.
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New York (State). Commission for the Revision of the Tax Laws
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