Indian Express 04.09.2010
Two pc fine without reminder for property tax defaulters
Express News Service Tags : corporation, property tax defaulters Posted: Sat Sep 04 2010, 07:00 hrs
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to impose a penalty of two per cent on property tax amount from October 1 instead of resorting to the usual practice of sending notices reminding the defaulters to pay the outstanding tax amount.The property tax bills are distributed to property owners within the city limits twice a year, with a six month division each. For 2010-11, property tax has to be paid before September 30. Tax Collection Department will impose two per cent fine on the property tax amount if people do not pay it within the set deadline. The second installment has to be paid by December 31.
“Even though it was not strictly required, the civic administration had put up a proposal before the standing committee, as the state government issued directions to the municipal corporations under the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act of 1949. The committee gave its nod to implementation it from October 1,” said Arvind Shinde, standing committee chairman.
But the civic administration will have to wait till September 30 and then initiate action against those who evaded the tax in the first term. “It is only once we take a stock of things in October that we will be able to ascertain the tax defaulters, because as per the rules, we will have to wait till the next month,” said Vilas Kanade, chief of the civic tax collection department.
