Bengaluru: To rectify incorrect land measurement records in the property tax system, the BBMP will re-survey approximately 51 malls, 77 technology parks and thousands of major industrial units and apartment complexes. The exercise will begin from next week.

Palike officials will visit pre-identified properties to conduct the
total station survey (TSS) against the measurements provided by property
owners themselves under the Self-Assessment Scheme (SAS).

MK Gunashekar, chairman of the standing committee on taxation and
finance, had earlier said the panel is empowered under Section 110 of
the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act 1976 to re-measure properties.
As Till now, BBMP had identified 10 buildings whose owners paid lesser
property tax and declared less than the actual built-up area, and
recovered Rs 232 crore from them.

“Work orders have been issued and we will re-audit the establishments
from next week. We have already identified certain malls, tech parks and
other large properties and our officials will visit various spots to
conduct the exercise. We had announced in this year’s budget that tax
defaulters will be brought to book and dues will be recovered,” he said.

According to taxation and finance officials, the first phase will
cover only malls and tech parks; identification and re-measuring of
industries and apartment complexes will be done in subsequent phases.
Considering that most industries don’t have multiple floors, BBMP has
decided to undertake their re-measurement on its own manually, said
Lakshmegowda, special officer to the taxation and finance chairman.

“We hope to start with approximately 15 of the largest properties in
the city. Based on survey results, we will add more properties to the
list over the next three months,” he said, adding they are hoping to
rack up Rs 300-500 crore in the form of tax. “The figure will become
clearer once we start the work,” he said.

Properties to be re-audited

-Hewlett Packard India software, Mahadevapura

-Xylem Building, Mahadevapura

-Divijaya Inks Pvt ltd, Mahadevapura

-Brigade Millenium Rose Wood Club, Puttenahalli

-Kalyani Tech Park, Doresanipalyam

-Kalyani Vesta, Doresanipalyam

(Source: Tax and finance committee, BBMP)

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