Taxes
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has decided to literally wake up the tax defaulters to make them pay their taxes. The property tax defaulters of South and some parts of West Delhi soon might be surprised to hear drum beats (dhols) outside their homes. Unable to make several property owners pay the tax in [...] Continue Reading »
Considering that the intricate self-assessment forms of property tax proves to be difficult ones to fill out for residents, Kochi Corporation is to send out its officials to help residents fill the forms. The welcome move is announced as a wide range of information, including the distance of the building from the thoroughfare, type of [...] Continue Reading »
While the civic bodies always seem to project themselves of running short on funds, a recent revelation in Maharashtra pictures inefficient collection machinery causing huge loss to the bodies. An Right To Information (RTI) query filed by two BJP corporators has revealed that 70,000 property holders in Pimpri-Chinchwad have not paid property tax dues, total [...] Continue Reading »
Civic corporators in Mumbai have unanimously passed a resolution at the civic general body meeting on Tuesday calling for a 150% hike in their monthly remuneration, from Rs10,000 to Rs. 25,000. If it receives legal sanction, the hike will be paid by taxpayers’ money. According to the corporators, the current remuneration is a measley sum [...] Continue Reading »
Families of retired ex-servicemen will be entitled to further exemptions added to the prevailing ones as the State government has decided to waive 50 per cent of the property tax for their houses or land. According to the Karnataka Municipalities and?Certain Other?Law (Amendment)?Act, 2011, an ex-serviceman is defined as a person who has served in [...] Continue Reading »
You may no longer stand in the queues to pay taxes. Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) is planning to implement technology to ensure tax payments at ease. At all the ward offices in the city, VMC is planning to go hi-tech. Vadodara municipal corporation wing is waiting for government’s nod. Also VMC is planning to introduce [...] Continue Reading »
