Indian Express 15.06.2010
Civic body for system to rein in tax evaders
Express News Service Tags : corporation, property tax defaulters, tax evades Posted: Tue Jun 15 2010, 02:05 hrs
New Delhi: he ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) said on Monday that the civic body needs a more streamlined procedure for launching prosecution proceedings against property tax defaulters in the Capital.
The BJP members claimed the Corporation does not have a system to track property tax defaulters and to take action against them.
“We will raise the issue at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi meeting tomorrow. There is a need for better prosecution proceedings to rein in tax defaulters,” Leader of MCD House Subhash Arya said.
The cash-strapped MCD is mulling various ways to increase its tax revenue.
The civic agency had recorded the highest gross property tax collection of Rs 1,157 crore in the 2009-10 fiscal.
The number of taxpayers also reaching the highest-ever figure of 9.73 lakh.
The officials, however, said owners of an estimated 22 lakh properties in the city are not paying tax to the civic agency.
The tax collection for 2009-10 fiscal was nearly Rs 250 crore less than the target of Rs 1,400 crore.
The municipal agency, meanwhile, has also decided to deploy mosquito breeding checkers for a door-to-door survey to detect property tax defaulters and to bring more units under its tax net.
