Closure of e-Sampark centres due to Lockdown has hit collection of both residential and commercial property tax.“Property tax collection has dipped from 50% to 60% in the three weeks due to the closure of the e-Sampark centres. We are not getting as much amount as earlier,” said an official.
Although there are online modes of payment, sources said a majority of people prefer to pay through the centres only At the same time, the municipal corporation (MC) has postponed the last date for payment of property tax from May 31 to June 30. The authority is confident that the one-month extension with rebate facility will boost taxpayers.
According to the records of the civic body, there are around 1.10 lakh property taxpayers in the city.
MC receives ₹14.5cr tax Out of which, around 85,000 are residential property taxpayers, while 26,000 own commercial properties. Recently, the commercial properties of villages were also brought under the tax ambit, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, these property owners had been given temporary relief of not paying tax for the current financial year.
The civic body has received Rs 14.50 crore property tax, according to the records of the MC. The authority has kept a target of Rs 48 crore in the current financial year. The authority received the amount in less than two months from April 1. Now, the date of paying the tax with rebate facility has been postponed from May 31 to June 30.