The Times of India 01.08.2012
Pay property tax by Nov 1
CHANDIGARH: Two months after re-imposing property tax
in Haryana, the state government has given 90 days to property owners
to sort out the issues of tax remission and self assessment. From
November 1, civic bodies will begin serving demand notices. On June 1,
the Haryana government had announced revival of property tax after
rationalizing the formulas calculating it.
Haryana has around
20 lakh property tax payers, 2.5 lakh and 2.45 lakh from national
capital region (NCR) of Gurgaon and Faridabad and 68,000 and 60,000 from
the state capital region (SCR) of Panchkula and Ambala.
While
the payers can assess tax under the self-declaration facility, officials
in civic bodies have been asked to complete surveys under the new
formula of property tax devised by government a month ago.Financial commissioner, urban local bodies (ULB) department, Ram Niwas,
said, "For the current cycle, we have already displayed the formulas on
our website as well as the collector rates".
From November 1,
the civic bodies will start serving demand notices on the basis of
surveys carried out by them area, he added. In October 2008, Haryana
chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda
had scrapped the tax in urban areas to win over voters with an eye on
elections, but the Centre stopped giving matching grants of over Rs 700
crore under the JNNURM.
Faridabad municipal commissioner D
Suresh said the MCF has already started collecting property tax.
Panchkula MC secretary O P Sihag said the residents were seeking help in
calculation of property tax. "We are in the process of finalizing the
agency that will carry out the survey for us. We are also trying to help
those opting for self-declaration."
