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Tirupattur Municipality gears up for tax collection

Wednesday, 22 December 2010 04:22 administrator
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The Hindu       22.12.2010

Tirupattur Municipality gears up for tax collection

Staff Reporter


Tirupattur Municipality has intensified its tax collection efforts. People queue up at a counter in the municipality premises to pay tax on Tuesday.

TIRUPATTUR: The Tirupattur Municipality has intensified its tax collection drive. It has asked all assesses to pay the tax amount immediately to avoid disconnection of water supply and attachment of property.

The local body has taken up efforts to collect various taxes - property tax on buildings and vacant sites, water charges, professional tax and non-tax from municipal limits. The drive also aims at collecting tax arrears. There are a total of 15,350 households - property tax assesses - in the municipality limit, a municipal official said.

“We have engaged a vehicle carrying public addressing system to travel to all areas in Tirupattur town urging assesses to pay the amount immediately to help the municipality implement development schemes. We have asked the public to pay tax and avoid disconnection of water supply and attachment of property. They should cooperate with the municipality,” the official said.

The local body had to recover tax arrears of Rs. 3.95 crore for 2010-2011, the official said, adding, “only if the public pay tax on time, we can carry out development works such as laying of roads, improvement schemes for water supply, etc. We expect to recover the arrears too through this drive.”

At present, there is a counter at the municipal office for tax collection.

 

Madurai Corporation starts recovering dues

Thursday, 09 December 2010 04:26 administrator
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The Hindu      09.12.2010

Madurai Corporation starts recovering dues

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“Distraint proceedings” set in motion

Collectable dues has been put at Rs.80 crore

Even big commercial houses not paying dues

MADURAI: Madurai Corporation has set on the path of “distraint proceedings” to collect huge outstanding dues by way of property tax, water charges, underground drainage maintenance charges and rentals from its shops.

The collectable dues has been put at Rs. 80 crore from 1.60 lakh property tax assessments, including arrears pending for two to three years.

“It is disheartening that even big commercial houses too are not paying the dues. We need funds to carry out various development works, including laying of roads,” Corporation Commissioner S. Sebastine told reporters here on Wednesday.

Urging the city residents to pay all their dues to help the local body, Mr. Sebastine warned that all legal actions, including distraint proceedings would be taken against the defaulters.

“This morning we collected Rs. 13 lakh property tax from a jeweller after serving notice,” he said. Mr. Sebastine said that the dues from buildings housing Government offices were to the tune of Rs. 7.5 crore. Some of the departments had to pay the dues for five to six years. Stating that several rounds of talks have been held with the officers of Government departments, Mr. Sebastine said notices would be issued to them too.

“The Public Works Department needs to pay Rs. 1.98 crore for various Government buildings maintained by it,” he said.

“All that the officials of the Government departments need to do is that they seek budgetary provisions for paying the property tax,” he added. When asked about the top defaulters in private sector, Mr. Sebastine said that list has been put on the Corporation official website.

Deputy Commissioner K. Tharpagaraj and Chief Engineer K. Sakthivel were among those who were present.

 

Mobile tax collection schedule

Monday, 06 December 2010 04:33 administrator
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The Hindu      06.12.2010

Mobile tax collection schedule

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TIRUCHI: The mobile tax collection unit of the Tiruchi Corporation would visit the following places in Golden Rock zone from December 6 to 11: December 6: 10 a.m. to noon – Vivekananda Nagar; noon to 2 p.m.- Ponneripuram; 2 to 5 p.m. – Adaikalamatha Kovil Street. December 7: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – NMK Colony; 1 to 5 p.m. – Illupur Road, Kallukuzhi. December 8: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.- J.K.Nagar, 1 to 5 p.m. – Wireless Road. December 9: 10 a.m. 2 p.m. – Sathanur Main Road; 2 to 5 p.m. – Khajamalai Main Road. December 10: 10 a.m. t0 noon – Patti Main Road (RKS Nagar), noon to 2 p.m. – Panchapur Corporation School, 2 to 5 p.m. – Keezhpalla Theru; December 11: 10 a.m. to noon – Sedal Mariamman Temple, noon to 2 p.m. – Raja Colony, 2 to 5 p.m. – Convent Road.

 
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