Author: Virginia; Joint Committee on T RevisionPublisher:
ISBN: 9781330599921
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Excerpt from Report of the Joint Committee on Tax Revision, 1914 An act to provide for a Joint Committee on Tax Revision was passed by the General Assembly at its last session and approved by the Governor on March 24, 1914. The act is as follows: Chap. 212. - An Act to provide for the appointment of a Joint Committee on Tax Revision to consider and report on all questions pertaining to the assessment and collection of taxes, and the method of appropriating and expending the revenue of the State, and to provide compensation to be paid said committee and such clerks, stenographers and experts as may be employed by said committee and other necessary expenses. Approved March 24, 1914. Whereas, in the judgment of the General Assembly, it has become necessary that there be a careful and thorough revision and amendment of the existing laws for the assessment and collection of taxes, and other revenues of the Commonwealth; and it is seriously questioned whether the present system of taxation is the one best adapted to the conditions as they now exist in the Commonwealth; and, Whereas, it is practically impossible at the present session of the General Assembly (having due regard to the other subjects of pressing importance demanding its present attention which must be considered by it) to give to the subject of taxation the thorough consideration which its importance demands; therefore, 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That a Joint Committee, consisting of ten, four of whom shall be appointed from the House by its Speaker and three from the Senate by its President, and three by the Governor, and to be known as the Special Joint Committee on Taxation, be, and the same is, hereby created and charged with the duty of fully considering the whole system of taxation which is now in force in the Commonwealth, and also of the existing statutes for the assessment and collection of taxes and other revenues for the Commonwealth, and the method of appropriating and expending the revenue and reporting to a special session of the General Assembly, to be hereafter called, what changes, if any, in the present system of taxation will be advisable, and within the constitutional power of the General Assembly to adopt; and also what changes, if any, shall be made in existing statutes for the assessment and collection of taxes and other public revenues, appropriating and expending the revenue so as to make them more equitable, just and fair in their operation, or better adapted to the purposes of raising the revenue necessary for the support of the government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.