Scope and Contents Materials relating to the "pay-as-you-go" taxation plan and the Treasury's tax bill questionnaire. Major concerns documented are post-war planning and inflation.

Scope and Contents Materials regarding the tax withholding plan devised by Beardsley Ruml, chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank and treasurer of Macy's department store. The plan was intended to ease the taxpayer's burden by making collection current.

Scope and Contents Materials related to a comprehensive questionnaire written by the Treasury to elicit information for a new tax bill.