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To All Citizens Who Take Pride In Their City

Year: 1929

Summary: Call for contributions to support the Bureau's work of promoting active citizenship and better government.

To All Citizens And Taxpayers Of Toronto, We Wish For 1936

Year: 1936

Summary: An open letter to citizens, with hopes for a more balanced, a reduced tax burden, and vigorous planning to be made in the areas of sewage disposal, civic improvements, and slum clearances in 1936.

This Is The Toronto Bureau Of Municipal Research Speaking On "The Universal Ingredient"

Year: 1931

Summary: The "universal ingredient" in all bills, infrastructure, and services is taxation. The only person who does not pay taxes is one who does not pay bills, and therefore taxation is part of the cost of living.

There Is No One In Toronto Who Does Not Pay Taxes Directly Or Indirectly

Year: 1916

Summary: Proposes a system for public budget-making, in order to increase effectivity and engage citizens in the planning process.

There Are Four Certain Ways Of Getting A Municipality Into Financial Difficulties

Year: 1918

Summary: Four conditions for municipal financial difficulties: overestimating revenue; underestimating expenditures; charging to capital account what should be paid from current revenues; and operating revenue producing departments at a loss.

The Unpaid Taxes For 1911, 1912, And 1913 Aggregated On May 1St, 1914 $1,744,599.12

Year: 1914

Summary: If the tax rolls for any year could be closed within twelve months, interest losses and cost of tax collection could be cut in two. This bulletin provides supporting financial statistics.

The Toronto Current Civic Budget For 1942

Year: 1942

Summary: Provides an outline of revenues and expenditures for the civic budget of 1942. Notes the high level of debt payments. Questions how it can be claimed that there was adequate reduction of the tax burden.

The Toronto Civic Budget For 1922

Year: 1922

Summary: Outlines the tax burden and the implications of the new budget in 1922.

The Time To Meet An Emergency Is When The Emergency Appears, And The Action Taken Must Be Action Which Takes Effect Immediately, Not In The Future

Year: 1932

Summary: In light of the recent financial emergency (eg. the Depression), the Bureau outlines some of the steps taken to reduce municipal operating costs in 1932 and proposes steps to meet further reduction targets in 1933.

The Tax Rate May Be Reduced

Year: 1917

Summary: Cutting the tax-rate will not reduce taxation in the long-run unless expenditures are also cut. Increasing revenue from other sources (e.g. Exhibition Park) is a possible solution.

The Tax Rate Does Not Measure The Burden Of Taxation

Year: 1923

Summary: Historical analysis of tax rates and tax burden from 1855-1922.

The Tax Rate And It's Cousins May Their Shadows Grow Less?

Year: 1918

Summary: Outlines factors afffecting Toronto's prosperity and competitiveness as a commercial, industrial and residential city. These factors include the tax rate, the fire-burden rate, the cost of sickness rate, the labour turnover rate, and the charity rate. Suggests improvements in all of these areas, and highlights the need for voters and taxpayers to be engaged and to keep City Hall accountable.

The Tax Burden On Real Property

Year: 1936

Summary: Outlines the high and rising cost of taxation on real estate. Argues that the city may soon find itself with empty homes that cannot provide revenue. Suggests the reduction of expenditures by cutting the salaries of city workers, centralized purchasing, centralized accounting, and a long-term city budget.

The Provincial Assessment Act Story No. 2

Year: 1918

Summary: Discusses the implementation of a new assessment system that separates land value from building value in the assessment and the problems with interpretation and administration of the law that are not uniform.

The Provincial Assessment Act Story No. 1

Year: 1918

Summary: Discusses the implementation of a new assessment system that separates land value from building value in the assessment and the problems with interpretation and administration of the law that are not uniform.

The Provincial Assessment Act

Year: 1918

Summary: Compares differences between municipalities in tax assessment appeals. Discusses the need for well-paid tax assessors who are able to accurately and efficiently assess property taxes.

The Prospects Of Equity In Property Assessment

Year: 1959

Summary: Suggests that assessment law and assessment practice should be modified to ensure equity in real property assessment.

The Proposed Gasoline Tax As It Would Affect Toronto

Year: 1925

Summary: Highlights the amount that Toronto car owners would pay when the province's new gasoline tax is implemented

The Original Estimates Of Last Year's Board Of Education Are Said To Have Provided For An Expenditure In 1921 Equivalent To 10 1/4 Mills On The Assessment. The Actual Adopted Was 10 Mills

Year: 1922

Summary: Highlights the need for better coordination and budget planning between the different functions in the municipality.

The Municipal Corporation Of Toronto (Part. 2) Taxation And Morality

Year: 1935

Summary: Details the way in which taxpayer money is spent and the need for more responsible use thereof. Argues that inefficient use of taypayer funds is in effect a theft, and that politicians should be more careful, and appoint employees and city workers based on merit, not patronage.

The Modified Single Tax Proposal

Year: 1923

Summary: Outlines issues of proposed tax reform and jurisdictional comparison with other places around the world, with the conclusion from the bureau that changing tax schemes does not necessarily reduce the tax burden.

The Largest Budget Of General Expenditure Except In 1931 And The Highest Tax Rate In Toronto's History

Year: 1937

Summary: Outlines an increase in the tax rate and increases in expenditures. Highlights the fact that a better voter turnout in the next year may produce better results when it comes to the municipal budget.

The Impact Of Property Taxes In Metro

Year: 1964

Summary: Reproduces extracts of arguments in a Bureau brief in support of the broadening Metro's revenue base. Emphasizes property taxation.

The Credit Of The City Of Toronto

Year: 1932

Summary: Outlines statistics related to Toronto's financial history from 1922-1932.

The Civic Government Of Toronto Has Performed A Memorable Achievement In Reducing The Per Capita General Taxation From $45.17 To 48.72

Year: 1924

Summary: The bureau highlights the fact that city has reduced the tax burden but argues that the city must still strive to provide services more efficiently.

The City Of Toronto Will Have Spent Out Of Current Account In The Year 1925 $28,074, 823.20

Year: 1925

Summary: An analysis of annual expenditure and comparison to previous year. Warns that without a more rational, scientific accounting of expenditures, the city may not be able to keep decreasing municipal expenditures.

The City Of Toronto Proposes To Spend On Current Account During 1926 $28,190,117

Year: 1926

Summary: Notes that while civic budget estimates have improved, they are still are not sufficiently standardized between departments.

The City Of Toronto As A Buyer

Year: 1921

Summary: Tabulated comparison of prices paid by the city of Toronto and related bodies for supplies in common use. Suggests concentration of purchasing efforts applied through a centralized price-getting authority in co-operation with departmental ordering agents.

The City Estimates For 1917: Planned For An Expenditure Of $19,242,583.23

Year: 1917

Summary: Pie chart representing planned city expenditure out of taxation for 1917. Advocates voter turnout and citizen engagement.

The City Budget For 1942

Year: 1942

Summary: Notes that budget figures for 1942 have not yet been released to the public as they should have been.

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