Taxation

Mobile tax collection vehicle flagged off in Erode

Wednesday, 13 February 2013 09:17 administrator

The Hindu 13.02.2013

Mobile tax collection vehicle flagged off in Erode

People-friendly:The mobile tax collection vehicle of the Erode Corporation.— PHOTO: M.GOVARTHAN.

The Erode Corporation has intensified the tax collection exercise as only six weeks are left for the close of the financial year.

The civic body has issued demand notices and asked bill collectors to urge assessees to pay the dues before the end of March. Steps have been taken to keep all the tax collection centres open on Saturdays and Sundays. It has also flagged off a mobile tax collection vehicle on Monday to facilitate easy payment of property tax and water charges. “We have temporarily converted a van into a mobile collection centre and deputed personnel to collect tax in all the four zones of the town,” Corporation Commissioner M. Vijayalakshmi said.

The van is equipped with a computer with internet connection and a printer. The civic officials will collect the tax and issue the receipt on the spot. “The initiative has received a good response from people,” she said.

“We have already collected about 70 per cent of the total property tax demand this year,” she added.

The total property tax demand for the current fiscal is about Rs. 14.70 crore. Of which, the officials have collected a sum of Rs. 10.30 crore till date. The civic body has managed to collect more than 98 per cent of the tax in the previous fiscal.

The local body has also collected water charges to the tune of Rs. 2.74 crore, which was about 65 per cent of the total demand this year.

The town has tax collection centres at Suriyampalayam, BP Agraharam, Veerappan Chatram, Periya Semur, Sampath Nagar, Thindal, Surampatty and Kasipalayam.

It also has special counters at its main office on Brough Road. The civic administration has over 1.16 lakh assessees.

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 February 2013 10:26

Residents fined as officials delay tax payment

Tuesday, 04 September 2012 05:51 administrator

The Times of India 04.09.2012

Residents fined as officials delay tax payment

CHENNAI: A resident of T Nagar, who had given a cheque for Rs 800 as property tax to an assistant revenue officer, has not received a receipt for the payment even a month later. When he called the officer to remind him, the officer shouted at him and said: "I haven't given receipts for payments which were made two months before. Why are you disturbing me?" The man then called mayor Saidai Duraisamy on Saturday and complained about the official's response.

Inquiries have shown that in several cases, assistant revenue officers in the zonal levels do not depositzheques on time. As a result, a resident is fined for late payment. "Many residents who had to pay fines protested. We now suspect that many of the residents had submitted their payment on time," said a senior corporation official.

Now, the corporation has decided to issue strict instructions to revenue officers. "They will now have to deposit cheques and update the data base every day," said the mayor. "We are also trying to come up with software in which a resident's name and property tax number is entered every time a cheque is deposited, so that it can be tracked," said the mayor.

Property tax is paid to the Corporation of Chennai twice a year. It can either be paid in banks allotted by the corporation, paid online on the civic body's website or to the assistant revenue officer (ARO) who goes from door-to-door. "The ARO usually goes on rounds reminding residents to pay the tax and once to collect the payment," said another corporation official.

When the revenue officers don't deposit the cheques on time, fines are levied on residents and it creates a problem with the accounting cycles. The delay in depositing cheques will also lead to work piling up before the deadline, said the official. "The delay could also lead to the cheque expiring," he said.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 04 September 2012 05:53

Mobile tax collection unit schedule

Monday, 27 August 2012 05:44 administrator

The Hindu 27.08.2012

Mobile tax collection unit schedule

Special Correspondent

The mobile tax collection unit of the Tiruchi Corporation would visit the following places in Srirangam zone in the city this week:

August 27: 10a.m.to noon – Salai Road (North/Thayar Avenue); noon to 2.30 p.m. –Keezha Chithirai Street (near Dr.Rajan Middle School) and 2.30 to 5 p.m. – Srirangam Railway Station.

August 28: 10 a.m. to noon _ Thiruvanaikovil North Inner Street (near Sankara Mutt); noon to 2.30 p.m. – Periyar Nagar (near Rajaganapathy Temple); 2.30 to 5 p.m. – South Inner Street.

August 29: Cauvery Road; 2 to 5 p.m. – North Andal Street (near Vinayagar Temple).

August 30: 10 a.m. to noon – V.N.Nagar Third Street; noon to 2.30 p.m. – Keezha Andal Veedhi (near Theradi); and 2.30 to 5 p.m. – Kasipalayam (near Rajeswari Hospital).

August 31: 10 a.m. to noon – Big Bazaar Street (near Government Girls Higher Secondary School); noon to 2.30 p.m. – Jeeva Nagar (near Ellai Mariamman Temple) and 2.30 to 5 p.m. – Kallar Street (near TELC School).

September 1: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Jinnah Street Corner (Near Passport Office).

Corporation Commissioner V.P.Thandapani has appealed to the tax payers to remit dues at the mobile unit.

Last Updated on Monday, 27 August 2012 05:46

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