Year: 1973
Summary: Investigates the effects of property tax on land use planning. Suggests possible alternative tax structures for Ontario.
Year: 1964
Summary: Reproduces extracts of arguments in a Bureau brief in support of the broadening Metro's revenue base. Emphasizes property taxation.
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: 1960
Summary: Criticism of the debt and borrowing policy of Toronto's Metropolitan Federation.
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.
Year: 1932
Summary: Outlines statistics related to Toronto's financial history from 1922-1932.
Summary: Examines the issue of Toronto's deficit. Advocates reducing estimated expenditures.
Year: 1916
Summary: Charts the growth in debt charges vs. population growth, revealing the increased financial burden on individuals. Bond issues are linked to debt charges and the city's income.
Year: 1915
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.
Year: 1914
Summary: Comparative chart of debt and tax rate statistics in major US and Canadian cities. This bulletin points out that irregular classification methods lessen the value of the comparison.
Summary: Current prospects state that the city of Toronto will be paying $4,500,000 annually for debt charges by 1915 , and the total city revenue for 1914 was $11,688,884. Toronto taxpayers should advocate for better management of debentures