The Hindu 01.11.2013
‘Use of IT will simplify property tax issues’
The two-day national workshop on “Role of IT in Property Tax” for municipalities and development authorities IT implementation at every level defined taxation system with accuracy and promptness. Use of GIS, conduct of field survey to identify the assets of taxable properties, integration of the field information with the tax database, net connectivity and other IT initiatives would influence the urban local bodies to simplify the property tax issues, speakers said. Several corporations have introduced self-assessment for property tax leading to transparency.
The workshop, conducted by the Association of Municipalities and Development Authorities (AMDA-Delhi), concluded on Thursday. The second day’s sessions were chaired by the GVMC Commissioner M.V. Satyanarayana, South Delhi Municipal Commissioner Manish Gupta and Ashok Kumar of ICICI Government Banking Group.
