The Hindu 15.09.2010
Computerised facility for receipt of property tax
Staff Reporter
| Payment can be made on all days except Monday |
New facility: Mayor M. Subramanian launches the Corporation's computerised property tax payment system on Tuesday.
CHENNAI: A computerised facility for receipt of property tax at each of its 155 ward offices was commissioned on Tuesday by the Chennai Corporation.
Inaugurating the facility at the Ward 126 office on Masilamani Street, T. Nagar, Mayor M. Subramanian said, “The Rs.50-lakh computerised system will be of help to the assessees and augment revenue for the Corporation.”
The staff of the civic body would be available in all the 155 ward offices to help the assessees in making use of the computerised facility. The payment through the facility can be made from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on all days except Monday, he said.
Property tax is now being collected at the 10 zonal offices and at the doorsteps of the assessees for which the tax collectors have been provided hand-held devices. The payment could also be made online and using the IVRS (1913) facility of the Corporation. The launch of the computerised facility is yet another step towards making the process of payment easier, he said.
The Corporation, Mr. Subramanian added, has collected property tax of over Rs.112 crore since April.
Expressing optimism about an increase in the property tax revenue in the coming months because of the additional payment facility, he said that the civic body's initiatives had resulted in an increase in the collection without any change in the tax rates.
