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New York State Department of Audit and Control Bureau of Municipal Research and Statistics Annual County Constitutional Tax Margin Statements


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
This series consists of annual statements of counties relating to the computation of their constitutional tax margins. Each statement contains a breakdown of the current tax including computation of constitutional taxing power, determination of amount not affected by constitutional tax limitation, total taxing power of county tax levies and charges which are subject to the tax limit, and the constitutional tax margins. Some of the statements also contain notes and work sheets.
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New York State Department of Audit and Control Bureau of Municipal Research and Statistics annual county constitutional tax margin statements
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40 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1953-2000, 2009
Series Number:
13332

Arrangement

Chronological by year and then alphabetical by county name.

Administrative History

Annual statements of counties relating to the computation of their constitutional tax margins are generated pursuant to Article 4-A, Section 54-a, subsection 3 of the State Finance Law which requires that the chief fiscal offices of each county shall, not less than ten days prior to the adoption of its budget, file with the state comptroller on forms to be furnished by that official, a statement showing the amount which such county may raise by tax owned estate under the provisions of sections ten and eleven of article eight of the State constitution and the estimated amount of tax on real estate proposed to be levied on account of such budgets

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of annual statements of counties relating to the computation of their constitutional tax margins. Each statement contains a breakdown of the current tax including computation of constitutional taxing power, determination of amount not affected by constitutional tax limitation, total taxing power of county tax levies and charges which are subject to the tax limit, and the constitutional tax margins. Some of the statements also contain notes and work sheets.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

13332-81, 13332-81A, 13332-81B, 13332-83, 13332-02, 13332-17: Container list is available at the repository.

Acquisition Information

13332-17: This accretion was transferred under records disposition number 21234.

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