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Penalty for defaulters of property tax: Nashik Municipal Corporation

Tuesday, 24 December 2013 11:57 administrator
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The Times of India           24.12.2013

Penalty for defaulters of property tax: Nashik Municipal Corporation

NASHIK: The civic body has decided to penalize property owners who fail to pay their taxes by December 31.

The owners will be fined 2% of their monthly property tax and the amount will be included in the next bill.

The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) would earlier send property tax bills for the entire financial year. But it has introduced a half-yearly system this fiscal year - 2013-14. The bills for both the periods - April 1 to September 30 and October 1 to March 31 - were sent to property owners this year.

The civic body has made it mandatory for the bill payments to be made by December 31. The 2% fine on the total property tax is applicable thereafter.

A civic official told TOI, "The decision to impose the fine has been taken with an aim to increase the NMC's revenue through property taxes. The civic body is already facing the heat from the decline in revenue through the local body tax. The half yearly bills have been introduced to reduce the burden on property owners of paying the entire tax amount at one time."

He further said, "We have tied up with a private bank for the property tax collection. The owners can pay their taxes at any branch of the bank in the city." The NMC has earned Rs 40.26 crore in the first half (April-September) of the current fiscal year, against the Rs 25.69 crore it collected in the corresponding period last fiscal.

 

Pay civic taxes on Sunday till Dec 31

Monday, 23 December 2013 00:00 administrator
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The Times of India           23.12.2013

Pay civic taxes on Sunday till Dec 31

INDORE: Sanjay Mehra, an employee with a nationalized bank, has not been able to pay his civic tax until now mainly because of his working hours and six-day week working schedule. In its bid to help Mehra and many people like him, who want to pay their civic tax but could not do so, Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) has decided to keep its office open on Sunday till December 31.

With this many people who do not get time on weekdays can pay their civic taxes on Sundays and avoid paying surcharge.

IMC official said December 31 is last day of the year for people to pay their civic tax from January 1, people will have to pay civic tax with surcharge of 15% on outstanding. "Many people are honest and want to pay tax but could not do so because of time constraint, so we have decided to keep our office open on Sundays to help such taxpayers," civic official said, adding we hope to increase revenue collection with this move and reduce number of defaulters.

For convenience of taxpayers, the corporation has decided to keep cash counters open on the next Sunday. It includes the cash counters at corporation's head office and all the zonal offices. A large numbers of people paid their taxes on Sunday.

IMC revenue in charge Chandu Shinde said the corporation had already started online payment of tax and many people are taking its benefit. Still, there are many more people who do not have access to internet or they are not very tech-savvy. "For many people, Sunday is only free day and by providing a system of tax payment on weekend, the civic body is facilitating them to pay their taxes," he said.

 

KMC rakes in Rs 70 lakh from sewage management tax

Friday, 20 December 2013 09:18 administrator
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The Times of India              20.12.2013 

KMC rakes in Rs 70 lakh from sewage management tax

Kolhapur: Despite the uproar made by corporators of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation in the standing committee meeting last week, the civic body has raked in Rs 70 lakh from the sewage management tax after a fortnight of the tax being issued, with water tax bills added to it.

Angry residents from the B ward of the city, who received hefty water tax bills due to the addition of sewage management tax, met municipal commissioner Vijayalakshami Bidari on Thursday and demanded repeal of the tax.

Bidari said, "We have to start the sewage treatment plant (STP) by March 31 next year as per the directions of the HC. Our failure to do so may attract criminal charges on the municipal corporation. The city is polluting the Panchganga for the last 50 years and the condition of the river will deteriorate if sewage continues to enter it."

"The sewage management tax has been levied so that we can maintain and operate the STP for the next ten years. The KMC will provide 30% of the funds for the construction of the STP and the operator has to invest the remaining amount. The cash-strapped civic body cannot spend huge amounts of money even on important projects such as STPs," added Bidari.

The KMC needs Rs 7 crore annually to manage the expenses for the maintenance and operation of the STP and so is charging 10% to 25% sewage management tax depending on the water usage through every connection. Convener of the citizens' group Kisan Kalyankar said, "On the one hand the KMC does not provide clean and regular water to the citizens and on the other hand charges heavily by introducing new taxes. We want the tax to be repealed or else we will resort to agitations."

Bidari added, "The issue of adding water tax bills of the last six months to the sewage management tax should not worry residents as the bills would be less in the next few months. Most of our customers use less than 20,000 litres of water in two months and have to pay just 10% of water tax as sewage surcharge. The taxation is progressive as the more the water used the higher will be the tax.

 
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