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New York (State). Commission for the Revision of the Tax Laws

 

 

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The Commission for the Revision of the Tax Laws, during the Great Depression, was tasked with redesigning the state's tax structure to distribute the burden as widely and evenly as possible, with a specific eye for relieving property taxes. This series consists of two bound volumes containing reports .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Commission for the Revision of the Tax Laws

 

 

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This series contains the Commission for the Revision of the Tax Laws' second report, submitted in 1933. The report, coming in the wake of the Depression wiping out the state budget surplus, recommended several new taxes on personal income, businesses, and insurance, as well as for commodities such as .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Treasurer's Office

 

 

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This series contains lists of persons upon whom real and/or personal property taxes were levied in response to State tax legislation passed in 1779, 1786, 1787, and 1788. All of the tax lists in the series pertain to districts within Albany County. Lists vary slightly in format from year to year and .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Treasurer's Office

 

 

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This series consists of accounts of revenues and expenditures recorded by the Treasurer of New York Colony, 1721-1729, and tax assessment lists submitted by Superintendents of Taxes to the Treasurer of New York State, 1779-1788. The records document the first, second, and third wards of the City of .........

 

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New York State Archives