Year: 1915
Summary: Action has not been taken by City Council re: the report on City Accounting, and citizens are urged to write to their local alderman about this issue. This bulletin is in response to a letter from a citizen re: Bulletin no. 38.
Year: 1963
Summary: Examines exemption from property taxation. Considers property owned municipally, provincially, and federally, as well as partial graded, and religious and charitable exemptions.
Year: 1921
Summary: Advocates the speeding up of Estimates and the establishment of an earlier date for the payment of the first instalment of taxes. Call on the citizens to vote/act on these issues in the upcoming election.
Year: 1920
Summary: Outline of suggested stages in preparing and passing budget estimates, and list of advantages this would secure.
Year: 1973
Summary: Investigates the effects of property tax on land use planning. Suggests possible alternative tax structures for Ontario.
Summary: $7.86 of per capita tax dollars were spent on Toronto's debt payments in 1914. Advocating decreasing expenditure and increasing revenue from sources other than taxation.
Summary: Statistics on increases in total estimated expenditures by functions, and object of expenditure (1916-1919). Also lists per capita variations.
Year: 1964
Summary: Reproduces extracts of arguments in a Bureau brief in support of the broadening Metro's revenue base. Emphasizes property taxation.
Summary: Lists what other cities spend on auditing, for purposes of comparison, with the caveat that decisions must be made in Toronto based on specific circumstances.
Year: 1933
Summary: Highlights Toronto's strong credit position, and urges citizens to call upon their representatives to reduce the tax burden, so that business and industry can continue to grow.
Summary: Presents key statistics on the City Auditor's Department, and a "catechism on auditing" advocating additional space, assistance and equipment.
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.
Summary: Examines the issue of Toronto's deficit. Advocates reducing estimated expenditures.