The Hindu 23.03.2013
Corporation steps up tax collection drive in city
Special Correspondent
Steps being taken to collect unpaid tax amounts.
Corporation has stepped up tax collection drives across
all the five zones and also in disconnecting drinking water supply lines
for defaulters of tax remittance.
Tax collection was
being regularly reviewed by Mayor S.M. Velusamy, Corporation
Commissioner G. Latha and Deputy Commissioner S. Sivarasu.
Officials on Friday told
The Hindu
that of the current year tax demand of Rs. 103.69 crore, a sum of Rs. 85 crore had been realised achieving a 82 per cent target.
Of
the last year arrears of Rs. 36 crore, the officials have collected Rs
14.6 crore registering a 41 per cent realisation of arrears.
Now,
steps are being taken to realise the remaining Rs. 8.69 crore current
year demand and arrears demand of Rs. 21.5 crore in the remaining eight
days.
Altogether property tax realisation of both current year demand and last year arrears stands at 71 per cent.
With
regard to water charges, the Corporation had a current year demand of
Rs. 25.8 crore and of which Rs. 17.8 crore had been realised registering
69 per cent.
With regard to the previous year
arrears of Rs. 12.97 crore, officials have so far realised Rs. 6.68
crore registering 52 per cent.
Water charges
Total water charges realisation was put at 63 per cent both current year demand and previous arrears put together.
With
regard to property tax and water charges realisation among the five
zones, the order of better realisation was as follows: West, Central,
North, East and South.
In order to step up tax
collection drive, disconnection of water supply lines had been done in
48 cases of regular and huge defaults.
After March 31
on completion of the tax collection drive, the official machinery plans
to step up action in terms of disconnecting drinking water supply
lines.
To enable the public to pay the taxes without
hassle, Corporation Tax collection counters will function from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. and will be open on Sundays i.e., on March 24 and 31.
Additional
tax collection counters have been opened at the erstwhile Kurichi
Municipality office and at the Kovaipudur Nagapillayar temple near
Kovaipudur.
Defaulters in tax remittance will have to
face disconnection of water supply as well as the UGD line as well,
Corporation officials said.
