The Hindu 24.12.2009
Last chance: Property tax offices to remain open this weekend
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: Offering a last chance to taxpayers to settle their outstanding property tax dues under its ongoing amnesty scheme, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to keep its offices open during normal office hours on Saturday and Sunday.
The last day to avail of the ongoing amnesty scheme for property tax payers allowing cent per cent waiver of interest plus full amount of penalty is on December 31.
A civic body official said: “Considering the past trend, it is expected that in the last week of December taxpayers may come in large numbers to avail of the scheme. However, during the last week of the scheme there are public holidays for four days from December 25 to December 28. So to facilitate the taxpayers, the MCD property tax offices will remain open during normal office hours on Saturday and Sunday for settlement of cases under the scheme and for collection of property tax.”
“This is the final opportunity for Delhiites to avail of the amnesty scheme.”
The civic body would charge the property tax for the period 2004-05 onwards even if the property is built prior to the year 2004 in respect of properties which are not in the tax net of the MCD.
Apart from the MCD, the New Delhi Municipal Council has also decided to keep its tax collection centres open on weekends and also upcoming holidays in the month of December for the convenience of the property tax payers of the area.
An NDMC official said: “The tax payers of the NDMC area can deposit their tax on all working days and the coming weekend and also on other public holidays of this month between December 25 and December 28 at all the NDMC area cash counters including counters Palika Kendra on Parliament Street. These counters will remain open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on all these dates.”
