Rs 36 crore submitted in property tax at MCD

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Rs 36 crore submitted in property tax at MCD

Wednesday, 19 February 2020 | PNS | Dehradun

A total of about Rs 36 crore has been submitted by around 44,000 people as property tax in the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) till February 18. The property tax collected by the corporation so far has already risen by more than Rs 10 crore compared to the total amount collected in the previous year.

While talking to The Pioneer, the MCD tax superintendent Dharmesh Painuly said, “In recent days, the collection of the property tax is an average of around Rs 25 lakh to Rs 30 lakh per day and the total collection till now is about Rs 36 crore.”

 He added that so far, about 44,000 people have submitted the property tax in MCD and hopefully the number of taxpayers will increase by the next month.

About organising the property tax camps across the city, Painuly said that for now there is no plan of

organising any kind of camp regarding the property tax because there is no such need at the moment.

 “People are paying taxes in the MCD campus and besides, the facility of paying tax is also available through online mode and in fact, many people are paying the property tax online.

However, if councillors or citizens in any particular area request MCD to organise a camp, it would certainly be taken under consideration,” he said.

This year the property tax collection by MCD broke all the past records with more than one crore being collected during a single day. Last year, the total collection was only about Rs 25 crore but this year it is expected to be over Rs 50 crore by the end of March.

Penalty will be imposed on those persons who fail to pay the property tax before March 31.

 It is pertinent to mention here that MCD has extended the period of rebate of 20 per cent twice this year, once in January for one month and then in February for five days till February 20.

The considerable collection of property tax is one of the reasons for extending the period of rebate consecutively for two months.

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