property tax
The under-assessed and illegal properties in Bangalore who have been noted for non payment of property tax are being searched for! A final call has been given for the identification of illegal constructions by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) commissioner Shankarlingegowda. The final deadline has been fixed as January 15 for the identification of illegal [...] Continue Reading »
According to the reports of Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC), around one lakh property owners are not eligible to pay property tax. The reason being they have bought properties, got approvals and have agreements but did not register them. It is the previous owners in place of defaulters who get property tax notices from the civic [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Cunningham Road had never thought they could see what they saw on one fine morning! Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) took an initiative of getting drum beaters and created a ruckus in front of the Sigma mall. Placard were being displayed by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Vasanthanagara sub-division, property tax collection team. The reason [...] Continue Reading »
After a wait of four months, WB Governor has finally given a consent to the KMC (Amendment) Bill, 2011. The bill hold special interests for KMC and also speaks for waiving property tax for defaulters. The Governor instead of giving his consent for the bill, wanted to know what steps KMC had been taking against [...] Continue Reading »
As per latest research report, BMC is yet to recover Rs 8,014 crore as it stands pending from defaulters in Mumbai. The civic body is set to change the rateable procedure of property tax collection to capital value-based. But this recovery of such large amount has come as a shock to the corporation. According to [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai is the only city traced till now which does not even spare the slum dwellers from paying property or any such taxes! “Is it that necessary to collect property tax for slum dwellers?” This sounds pathetic, indeed! There are no traces as to why the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is levying tax burden on [...] Continue Reading »
As per the targets issued by Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner M K Shankarlinge Gowda, the municipal officials have already started sending notices to the property tax defaulters. The officials are on high alert, rushing in a fast pace to clear all pending property tax payments. By March 2012 target of Rs 500 crore [...] Continue Reading »
One can indeed say that the work done by Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) of recovering property tax is showing positive results. Around Rs 1 crore of property tax was collected by the corporation from the defaulters in a day. This has been a record so far and the officials are confident enough to meet the [...] Continue Reading »
Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) has plans for raising additional revenue of Rs 5 crore in the next quarter. SCB has commenced with revision of property tax assessments for the upcoming year 2012. It was recently learnt that old grant bungalows (OGBs) in Secunderabad Cantonment jurisdiction were used for commercial purposes. However these property owners were [...] Continue Reading »
Fed up are the Bangalore municipal wing, failing to collect property tax at one shot! The property tax defaulting list is increasing as the days are progressing. Around 43 major property tax defaulters have been listed by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahangara Palike (BBMP), however this came as a surprising news to BBMP themselves! BBMP tried hard [...] Continue Reading »
