Title: Wisconsin. Legislature. Legislative Council. Committee to Study Revenue Sources for the State and Its Subdivisions: Records
Inclusive Dates: 1955-1957

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• Wisconsin. Legislature. Legislative Council. Committee to Study Revenue Sources for the State and Its Subdivisions

Call Number: Series 716

Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes)

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

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Preliminary and final Committee reports, minutes, miscellaneous materials submitted at committee hearings, correspondence, and tables of statistics showing actual and projected expenditures and revenues for local governmental units to 1965. Also included are materials developed or compiled by the Commissioner of Taxation in his work as a member of the Research Advisory Group of the Committee, including correspondence, minutes, research materials, statistical data, and reports.

Language: English

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Created by Chapter 468, Laws of 1955, the Committee to Study Revenue Sources was authorized to study the long-range financial needs of the state and its subdivisions, study major sources of revenue, and present a definite program of tax policy calculated to provide an adequate revenue for both the state and its subdivisions. The committee was attached to the Joint Legislative Council for administrative purposes only.

The research advisory group was created by the above committee to act in a research capacity. The records of the Advisory Group were transferred to the State Archives with the files of the Commissioner of Taxation (accession 1973/90). Harry W. Harder, the Tax Commissioner during this period, served on the advisory committee, as did the former Commissioner of Taxation, Arthur C. Wegner, who served on the advisory committee as a citizen member.

Committee Members:

Frederic Sammond

Milwaukee, public member, chairman

A. R. Seass

Two Rivers, public member, vice chairman

Harry F. Franke and Frank E. Panzer

state senators

Warren A. Grady, Robert T. Huber and Alfred R. Ludvigsen

state assemblymen

Edward Johnson, Madison; A. J. Thelen, Madison; and Arnold Zander, Madison

public members

Research Advisory Group Members:

C. K. Alexander

Research Director, Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, Madison

Walter B. Gerken

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee

Norman N. Gill

Executive Director, Citizens' Governmental Research Bureau, Inc., Milwaukee

Harold M. Groves

Professor, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Harry W. Harder

Commissioner, Department of Taxation, Madison

W. D. Knight

Director, Bureau of Business of Research & Service, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Richard R. Teschner

Lines, Spooner & Quarles, Milwaukee

Gordon G. Volz

Ronald Mattox and Associates, Madison

Arthur E. Wegner

Vice-President, American Exchange Bank, Madison

	Records of the Committee
Box   1 Folder   1	Preliminary Report of Revenue Sources Committee, 1956
Box   1 Folder   2	Report of the Revenue Sources Committee to the Wisconsin Legislature, 1957
Box   2 Folder   1	Bank Income, Summary of Information on 1955 Tax Returns Scope and Content Note: Showing gross and adjusted taxable income, net and adjusted taxable income before and after deductions, and adjusted Wisconsin income tax assessed.
Box   2 Folder   2	Committee Hearings, Materials Submitted at, 1956
Box   2 Folder   3	Correspondence, 1956
	Expenditures and Revenue by Local Governmental Units
Box   2 Folder   4	1953
Box   2 Folder   5	Summary - Milwaukee County, 1953 Scope and Content Note: Showing Milwaukee County and its relationship to and impact on the rest of the state.
Box   2 Folder   6	Sample Governmental Units used for Projections, 1951-1955
Box   3 Folder   1	Projections to 1965 Scope and Content Note: Showing totals, first expenditures then revenue, for counties, cities, villages and towns, including and excluding variously Milwaukee County to show its relationship to and impact on the rest of the state.
Box   3 Folder   2	Expense of Government, Per Capita, per 1950 census--by county.
	Highway Aids Used by Local Government
Box   3 Folder   3	Counties and Towns, 1952-1954
Box   3 Folder   4	Cities and Villages, 1952-1954
Box   3 Folder   5	Indebtedness of State and Local Units, 1942-1955 Scope and Content Note: Showing amount paid on principal and interest of debt.
Box   3 Folder   6	Minutes, 1955-1956
	Revenue Projections
Box   3 Folder   7	Income Tax Scope and Content Note: Showing current rate and with proposed increases and the effect on each income bracket.
Box   3 Folder   8	General Taxes, to 1965
Box   3 Folder   9	Sales Tax Material, 1956
Box   3 Folder   10	Welfare Expenditures and Projections, Counties, to 1965 Scope and Content Note: Showing a) State Welfare Aids and County Share of Welfare Expenditures, 1950-1 - 1954-5; b) Projections to 1965--first all Counties, then Milwaukee County; c) Number of Welfare Cases and average cost per month, 1954-1956.
Box   3 Folder   11	Wisconsin State Universities--Buildings Space Capacity, 1956
	Records of the Research Advisory Group
Box   4 Folder   1	Citizens Governmental Research Bureau - Milwaukee County Projections, 1955
Box   4 Folder   2	Correspondence, Press Releases, 1955-1957
Box   4 Folder   3	Minutes, 1955-1956
Box   4 Folder   4	Preliminary Report on Revenue Projections, 1956
	Research Materials and Reports
Box   4 Folder   5	1955-1956
Box   4 Folder   6	1956-1957
Box   4 Folder   7	Tax Study Materials from other States, 1956