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OF THE

State Tax Commission

1915

TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE JANUARY 5, 1916

ALBANY

J. B. LYON COMPANY, PRINTERS

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No. 11

IN SENATE

JANUARY 5, 1916

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

STATE TAX COMMISSION

OF THE

STATE OF NEW YORK

ALBANY, N. Y., January 5, 1916

TO HON. EDWARD SCHOENECK, President of the Senate:

SIR. We have the honor herewith to transmit our annual

report for the year 1915.

MARTIN SAXE,

WALTER H. KNAPP,
RALPH W. THOMAS,

State Tax Commission

ANNUAL REPORT

ALBANY, N. Y., January 5, 1916.

To the Legislature of the State of New York:

The State Tax Commission submits to the Legislature its report for the year 1915:

Pursuant to the provisions of chapter 317 of the Laws of 1915, the present State Tax Commission entered upon its duties on the 19th day of April, 1915, and in accordance with section 170-b of the Tax Law, organized the Tax Department into the following divisions and bureaus:

A. The General Administration Division.

B. The Law Division.

C. The Bureau of Local Assessments, Equalization and
Statistics.

D. The Special Franchise Tax Bureau.

E. The Mortgage Tax Bureau.

F. The Corporation Tax Bureau.

The head of each bureau, and also of the General Office Division, is a deputy tax commissioner, who is responsible for the work of his bureau or division, and the official conduct thereof.

Statement of the administration of the Tax Department for the year is presented under the headings of the various bureaus and divisions in order.

GENERAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION

The General Administration Division is charged with the central administrative work, and with the efficiency of the clerical force of the entire department.

When the General Administration Division was established, the clerical work of the department was largely conducted without system. By reason of this condition, the department was found to be much in arrears and the Commission first addressed

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