{"id":183,"date":"2010-12-17T08:20:04","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T13:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watkinson.wp.trincoll.edu\/?p=183"},"modified":"2015-08-12T15:15:34","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T15:15:34","slug":"this-week-at-trinity-100-years-ago-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/2010\/12\/17\/this-week-at-trinity-100-years-ago-11\/","title":{"rendered":"This week at Trinity, 100 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Contextual note:\u00a0 This article argues against the “personal” tax (income tax).\u00a0 In 1913, the 16th Amendment to the Constitution made the income tax a permanent fixture in the U.S. tax system. The amendment gave Congress legal authority to tax income and resulted in a revenue law that taxed incomes of both individuals and corporations.]<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>December 13, 1910<\/p>\n

“Lawson Purdy on Taxation; Prominent Alumnus Argues Against Personal Tax”<\/p>\n

“In a recent address before the Albany Historical Society, Lawson Purdy, ’84, president of the New York City Commission of Taxes and Assessments, made a strong plea for the abolition of the personal tax.\u00a0 Mr Purdy has made a special study of taxation for many years and is considered an expert on the subject.\u00a0 He argues that because personal property cannot be taxed equitably and by the same method as real estate, the tax on it should be removed.\u00a0 He has advocated several bills before the legislature which would wipe out all such taxes.\u00a0 Mr. Purdy claims further that special taxes have withdrawn certain forms of personal property from general taxation.\u00a0 He offers the following remedies: In that assessors are hampered by the fact that no deeds contain the true consideration for the conveyance of real estate unless they are made by executors and trustees, the law should provide that the true consideration for the transfer of real estate should be stated.\u00a0 He argues that assessors should be appointed and not elected.\u00a0 The men who do the actual work should be appointed under civil service rules, which would protect them from dismissal except for cause.\u00a0 Mr. Purdy says also that the simplest way to deal with the remnant of personal property, now subject to the general property tax, is to abolish the tax.\u00a0 The loss of the revenue would be more than made good by the increased value of real estate due to the relief from the danger inherent in the system of personal property.\u00a0 Mr. Purdy’s views were quoted also in the American Magazine<\/em> for December.\u00a0 He is president of the Trinity Alumni Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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