Year: 1923
Summary: Historical analysis of tax rates and tax burden from 1855-1922.
Summary: Argues that expenditures have grown even faster than population growth, as have the cost of services and the number of services provided, while cities have failed to improve efficiency and budget planning.
Year: 1924
Summary: An argument that the Toronto government is too decentralized and not efficient enough to discuss pension and other benefit expansions before reorganizing more efficiently.
Year: 1922
Summary: Outlines the relationship between level of taxation and dominance of industry. Argues that high taxes are a great threat to industrialization.
Year: 1934
Summary: Highlghts the issue of growing deficits in the Great Depression, and argues this issue is not being fully presented to the public.
Year: 1945
Summary: Provides civic budget figures for recent years. Notes that the measure of the tax rate does not always indicate the true tax burden, and that civic budget omissions can often lead to greater personal expenditures by the taxpayers.
Summary: Suggests that earlier estimates and earlier tax collection is necessary in order to save the city money.
Year: 1935
Summary: Provides budget and expenditure figures for the fiscal year 1935. Argues that the biggest challenge pointed out in the budget is current unemployment expenditure and debt on past unemployment expenditure.
Year: 1932
Summary: Outlines the annual estimated net revenue and expenditure in the city of Toronto for the fiscal year of 1932, as outlined in the city budget.