The Hindu 17.12.2009
Special camps to provide information on taxes
Staff Reporter
Photo: P. Goutham
PEOPLE-FRIENDLY: A special tax collection camp in progress in Salem on Wednesday. –
SALEM: The special camps organised by the Salem Corporation to provide information on taxes began in all the four zonal offices on Wednesday.
The camps were primarily organised to facilitate people to get all information related property tax, water tax and professional tax under single roof.
Current year
People can also pay the taxes for the current year and arrears at the camps.
Collection
The civic body involved the assistant commissioners, revenue officers, revenue inspectors, all the bill collectors and community organisers for conducting the camps.
Corporation Commissioner K.S. Palanisamy said that the civic body had already collected over 50 percent of the tax for current fiscal.
“We have intensified the tax collection drive and planned to achieve 100 percent collection this financial year. We also pay more attention for collecting the tax arrears.
People can get all the information about the taxes at these camps,” he added.
Till December 18
People from all the wards were allowed to participate in these camps and submit requests for various tax related procedures.
The camps will be held till December 18.
