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Tax Collection on 'Wheels' Launched

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The New Indian Express             06.01.2014

Tax Collection on 'Wheels' Launched

Vellore Corporation has introduced a mobile tax office recently to collect tax from newly constructed buildings.

The bus, which was introduced as a pilot test,  can be used by zonal officers and revenue inspectors to reach spots and levy tax after identifying newly constructed buildings. The officers will measure the buildings and calculate tax, for which a chalan would be issued to the proprietor of the building.

Since its introduction about a week back, tax was levied on nearly 60 new buildings in zone I- Dharapadavedu area, 20 new buildings in zone II - Sathuvachari. The bus would be on rounds till January 8.

“The facility had helped the corporation impose tax on 80 new buildings in Zone I and II so far,” said Town Planning Officer M Kanna.

Officials said if the initiative may become a permanently feature. The Corporation also recently opened the weekend tax collection centres that would function on Saturdays and Sundays, to facilitate officer-goers to pay tax. “There was a favourable response to tax collection centres working during weekends,” Kannan said.

Hitherto, the Corporation could collect only 65 per cent revenue of the total income of local body from all sources, for the year 2012-2013. The officials said the new initiatives would help them achieve a higher percentage in terms of collecting taxes.

 

Company tax to soon be collected in added areas

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The Hindu              26.12.2013

Company tax to soon be collected in added areas

Staff Reporter

The Chennai Corporation is all set to direct companies in added areas in the city to register for payment of company tax.

The Corporation recently invited objections from companies on the inclusion of added areas in the company tax net. Since it did not receive any objection within the stipulated time period, it will now send letters to the companies in a few days and is likely to begin collection after approval from the government is received.

Last year, the civic body identified over 25,000 companies that are not paying company tax. At present, 13,000 companies pay company tax.

The civic body has also instructed revenue department officials to segregate data collected from other government departments to identify companies that fail to pay company tax. The Corporation will also identify employees in these companies who do not currently pay professional tax.

A chunk of companies identified are in Ambattur, Tiruvottiyur, Manali, Madhavaram, Valasaravakkam, Perungudi and Sholinganallur zones.

 

Corporation widens tax net

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The Hindu            15.10.2013

Corporation widens tax net

Coimbatore Corporation’s financial report card for the first half of this fiscal ending September 30 looks good.. The property tax collection has improved and so have the dangerous and offensive trade licence collection, and vacant land tax.

According to Commissioner G. Latha, the property tax collection, a major source of income for the civic body, had already crossed 50 per cent for the current financial year. Starting April 2013 there had been a gradual increase in the tax collection after she had asked the bill collectors to collect arrears and bring in new assessments.

After a series of meetings with officials in all the five zones, she had fixed targets for the bill collectors. Those who had performed poorly were pulled up and asked to pull up their socks. As a result, the collection had increased by more than 10 per cent — the average growth rate in revenue for local bodies.

Likewise, the collection under the dangerous and offensive license had also gone up after she had asked the sanitary inspectors to widen the license net by bring in at least one new assessee a ward a day.

Deputy Commissioner S. Sivarasu said that following the instruction the sanitary inspectors had managed to increase the number of assessments by 111 on October 10, 91 on October 09. And for other days the number was more or less the same.

Ms. Latha said that the Corporation had accessed the list of industries available with the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, Coimbatore, to identify those business and industrial establishments that were outside the D & O license net to serve ‘e-notices’ on them.

The number of notices thus far issued had crossed 10,000, she said and added that as when the business and industrial establishments respond and then comply, the collection would further go up.

Recently the Corporation increased the number of trades covered under the D & O license by more than 85. Mr. Sivarasu said the Corporation was also keen on improving the vacant land tax collection.

 


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