Property Tax
Chandigarh- Despite strong demand of imposing house Tax in Chandigarh, Municipal Corporation is not doing so. But recently Goa deputy CM and minister for urban development Francis D’souza spoke in favor of imposing house tax. During the seminar, “India Urban Development Vision 2020″, organised by the municipal corporation he added that this will help the civic body to [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- The non payment of property tax by the owners has led to various actions by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation. Last week, the SDMC resorted to drum beating in front of the tax defaulter‘s houses to embarrass them by announcing their name in public. Drum beating tactic was carried out to embarrass people who hadn’t paid their [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai- Earlier, authorities in Maharastra had declined the amendment in the calculation of education and employment guarantee cess in property tax. The amendment was awaiting approval. Recently the state Cabinet approved the proposal in calculating the cess in property tax. However, two Cabinet Ministers Narayan Rane and Naseem Khan showed their dismay over the impact [...] Continue Reading »
Nagpur- Following the notification issued by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to increase property tax, RTI activist Shankar Gulani pointed towards the loss of crores of property tax due to the carelessness of municipal staffers. Approximately, out of 6.5 lakh properties in the city, only 5.33 lakh have been registered with the civic agency. This [...] Continue Reading »
The Pune Cantonment Board is clicking properties pictures to check if it is used for industrial or residential purpose. For the first time this is being done to maintain transparency in property tax and to make an assessment for 2011-2014 property tax. PCB started off with providing notices to 12, 000 property owners. The notices [...] Continue Reading »
Chandigarh- At least for one year the citizens need not have to worry about paying property tax. The Congress made sure that the property tax item was taken out of the checklist for house meeting. Sources explained that MP Pawan Kumar Bansal advised councillors towards raking the concern in 2013. In the meeting it was made clear [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi Government is thinking seriously over the proposal to assess extra tax on the properties available for sale along the metro rail and bus rapid transit (BRT) corridors. This is to reduce the process of renewal and rebuilding of houses and stores of middle-class individuals and families. This proposal will help the general public [...] Continue Reading »
The civic body is considering to give the rebate in property tax to the industries in Satpur and Ambad industrial areas of Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC). Haribhau Phadol, NMC’s deputy municipal commissioner (Octroi), said that they have already given five percent discount to the industries in property tax for using solar energy but now [...] Continue Reading »
Till November 2012 the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has collected Rs 362 crores as property tax compared to Rs 317 crore in the same period last year. Debabrata Majumder, Member Mayor-in Council (MMIC) Revenue told that they have set a goal for collecting a minimum amount of Rs 700 crores property tax in this financial year. [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will now make sure that if residents face any issues regarding property tax, they can go to their local ward office whenever they receive the property tax bill. Estimating the particular dilemma that the new capital value based on property tax system can give rise among the citizens, the civic [...] Continue Reading »
