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.
