10 % rebate on property tax

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 4

The state government has offered a onetime settlement of property tax with 10 per cent rebate under the e-governance project. Pardeep Rajput, nodal officer of property tax, stated that persons, who had failed to deposit their house tax or property tax, can get 10 per cent rebate on the principal amount. The residents have to deposit the pending tax within a period of three months, till February 26.

The government has exempted the penalty and interest for the tax payers. The 10 per cent rebate will be also applied for the current financial year. “The persons, who still fail to deposit the due amount till February 26, will be liable to pay a penalty at the rate of 20 per cent on the amount due along with interest at the rate of 18 per cent from the due date. We urged the residents to take the benefit of the offer”, said the nodal officer.

A large number of property owners have never paid the property tax in the city. The government had implemented the property tax in 2013. The MC has collected around Rs 19-crore tax in the current financial year and fixed a target to collect Rs 35 crore. The property tax wing had sealed 90 properties a few weeks back to press the tax defaulters. Now the sealing drive has been suspended. The property tax wing employees were asked to make the public aware about 10 per cent rebate offer.