Property Tax
Chandigarh- Residents of Chandigarh will have to start paying tax for their properties as the Mayor has been forced to impose property tax in the city. The issue of imposition of tax in urban Punjab has been a hot topic in Punjab from past few months. Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil seems [...] Continue Reading »
Ludhiana- Ludhiana Municipal Corporation is set to levy property tax on the residential properties of Ludhiana starting from November 15, 2012, as announced earlier. A formal notification had been issued on November 15, 2012 which stated that property tax would be levied from the same date onwards on all the properties. In case of commercial [...] Continue Reading »
As per data with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), around 81 % of the properties in Mumbai remain unaffected from the recent hike in property tax. With the new capital value-based property tax system in place, the citizens have been unhappy regarding the same and many plan to contest in High Court. However, 81% of [...] Continue Reading »
Unconvinced with the new way of calculating property tax, citizens in Mumbai are planning to move to Bombay High Court regarding the same. The new method is based on the capital value-based system. The major concern of the residents lies with the ground realities which affects a property’s price, are not taken into consideration in [...] Continue Reading »
Residents residing in privately developed localities such as DLF, Sushant Lok, South City, Ardee City, Sun City, Nirvana Country, Palam Vihar and in other areas should pay the house tax to the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon at the earliest. Government is now strict about the collection of house tax within the municipal limits, a senior [...] Continue Reading »
The standing committees of Ahmedabad and Vadodara have declared hike in property tax by 60 percent and 50 percent respectively in their revised budget 2013-14. The standing committee of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) accepted the proposal to increase residential property tax rate by 60 percent (from 10 per sq m to Rs 16 per sq m) and [...] Continue Reading »
BMC has claimed that no new taxes and charges will be included in the BMC budget to be announced for 2013-14 financial year. Also, the civic body is unlikely to announce any new projects or schemes in the next fiscal year. BMC is all set to recover Rs 29,000 crore to Rs 30,000 crore budget [...] Continue Reading »
Now, citizens in Pune can breathe a sigh of relief. With increasing complaints from citizens of not receiving property tax bills or getting them too late to avail a 10 percent tax rebate, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has introduced a tool on their website for their ease. Around six lakh properties in Pune come [...] Continue Reading »
With the new property tax system in place, the Property Owners’ Association (POA) has called for a meeting, in which they asked the BMC to reconsider the new tax system. The new capital value-based property tax system has not gone well with the owners/landlords as it does not offer any cap for buildings that got [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi- On a measure to curb tax evasion and ensure 100 percent property tax collection, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation has been planning to start door-to-door collection of property tax. As per the plan, the plot sizes will be measured on the spot through an equipment supplied by the Corporation and calculation of property tax [...] Continue Reading »
