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The Assessment Question And "Public Opinion" In Toronto

Year: 1918

Summary: Assessment questionnaire and analysis of 100 replies received from Toronto citizens. Questions related to income assessment, taxation (the Business tax), and property assessment.

The Possibilities For Good Of The Federation For Community Service

Year: 1918

Summary: Describes the benefits of the the Neighbourhood Workers Association of the Federation for Community Service in response to the influenza epidemic in Toronto.

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 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

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.

Is The Income Tax As We Know It In Toronto...?

Year: 1918

Summary: Charts the rate of increase in property and business assessment and assessment of incomes, from 1909-1918.

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.

Four Test Questions As To The Desirability Of Any Mode Of Taxation

Year: 1918

Summary: Four test questions as to the desirability of any mode taxation: is it equitable; is it convenient to collect; can it be collected economically; and is it conducive to the public benefit? Explores the application of these questions to the Ontario business tax, with the conclusion that it is unsatisfactory.

High Taxation Is Hard Enough To Bear... Inequitable Taxation Is Not Only Hard To Bear

Year: 1918

Summary: Inequitable taxation is worse than high and just taxation, because it gives unfair advantages to certain parties over others. A Provincial Commission for the Equalization of Assessments is a potential solution.

Preparation Of Its Citizens For Living And The Conservation Of Their Health

Year: 1918

Summary: This publication examines how the education system functioning and whether or not it is efficiently using its funding and achieving its goals.

Fourth Annual Report Of The Toronto Bureau Of Municipal Research

Year: 1918

Summary: A summary of work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1918. Work included studies of city institutions, community studies, working with other cities, and issuing bulletins. The need for education reform and continuity in city government is discussed. Bureau expenditures and subscribers at end.

Help-Your-City-Suggestion-Box

Year: 1918

Summary: Citizens are encouraged to write suggestions regarding civic services on attached cards, and submit them to the Bureau of Municipal Research for investigation.

In 1918 How Much Are We Going To Raise, As A City, For Current Purposes?

Year: 1918

Summary: Outlines planned revenue sources for 1917, and intended expenditure on municipal services.

That City Profits Most Whose Citizens Are First In Service

Year: 1918

Summary: A proposal calling for a federation of community workers into a more streamlined, centralized body to facilitate more efficiency in philanthropy and the development of a professionalized body of community service workers.

City Budget Facts

Year: 1918

Summary: City budget estimates and analysis for 1918, prepared for the purposes of encouraging citizen engagement with city council and budget matters.

Federation Of Philanthropists Is No New Idea For Toronto

Year: 1917

Summary: This publication suggests a federation of Toronto philanthropic organizations, which would incorporate the nine Neighbourhood Workers' Associations into a greater scheme of charity work.

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.

Toronto Gives Story No. 5

Year: 1917

Summary: This publication suggests improvements in the collection of funds and the distribution of social services by civil society organizations, and proposes a federation of philanthropic institutions.

Civil Service Reform

Year: 1917

Summary: Recommendations for civil service reform, including: regular procedures for promotion and salary increases in City Council; establishment of a an independent Civil Service Board; and emphasis on eligibility and performance records.

In 1915 14 Representative Toronto Philanthropies Received Gifts From 6,567 Persons

Year: 1917

Summary: Concludes that the distribution of philanthropic giving is limited to a restricted and largely unvarying group of givers. A systematic and cooperative method would reduce waste energy and maximize the potential of these donations.

In The Piping Times Of Peace Philanthropy And Charity Should Be So Administered As To Decrease The Need For Them

Year: 1917

Summary: Adequate planning for community welfare work relies upon effective administration of welfare agencies and financing of community welfare programs. This can only be obtained through city-wide co-operation.

Toronto Gives Story 2

Year: 1917

Summary: The city-wide need for welfare cannot be determined by adding up the needs of various individual agencies; a cooperative approach is needed to maximize effective expenditure of philanthropic funds.

Under The Head Of Charity And Philanthropy The Citizens Of Toronto, In Eleven Years, Spent Out Of Taxation #3,000,000

Year: 1917

Summary: Criticizes the lack of community planning of welfare work, and improper raising and expenditure of philanthropic funds.

Toronto Gives

Year: 1917

Summary: A proposal for a federation of charities within the city of Toronto that can more effectively gather and disperse donations based on planning and community need. A more directed and focused form of philanthropy to better deal with Toronto's various social ills.

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.

Third Annual Report Of The Toronto Bureau Of Municipal Research

Year: 1917

Summary: A summary of work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1917. Includes a listing of BMR bulletins. Sample work includes: setting up a speakers' bureau, studying street cleaning and garbage disposal, and studying charitable expenditure. Achievements of various city boards and departments are detailed. Future goals are outlined. Bureau expenditures and subscribers at end.

What Happens To Our Boys And Girls Is More Important Than Our Dollars

Year: 1917

Summary: This publication provides a "measure of school efficiency" for parents and taxpayers, based on recent reports by the Toronto Board of Education inspectors. It charts student progress through grades and warns against the costs associated with students being held back a grade.

School Story No. 10

Year: 1917

Summary: This publication draws upon reports of the Board of Education and highlights the issue of children who are over the normal age for their school grade due to either late entrance or lack of progress and being held back a grade.

The Estimates For The CIty Of Toronto For 1916 Provided For An Expenditure On Current Account Of $17,168,128.65

Year: 1917

Summary: If city reports of actual and proposed expenditures presented the annual bills as divided by totals, departments, and functional divisions, it would enable fact studies of the civic service and the city's annual bill for salaries and wages. Advocates procedural reform for salary increases and promotions.

City Budget Facts 1917

Year: 1917

Summary: A summary of city of Toronto budget expenditures for 1916 with estimates for the 1917 budget - includes information on expenditures, city revenue and debt, and includes a breakdown of average taxes paid by Toronto citizens. The publication aims to encourage taxpayer and citizen engagement with budgetary concerns.

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