Property tax: Filing time not to be extended

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, DEC. 7. The last date for filing property tax returns under the Self-assessment Scheme will not be extended beyond December 15 under any circumstances, the Mayor, Ms. Prema Cariappa, has said.

The response to the scheme had been good so far with Rs.95.2 crores being collected by the end of November, she told presspersons here on Thursday.

The Mayor said that the deadline for filing returns under the scheme would not be extended as it was time that the general revision process was started.

In the first phase of the Self-assessment Scheme between April 1 and June 8, Rs.69.7 crores was collected from 1,89,000 property owners. In the second phase between November 1 and November 30, Rs.25.5 crores was collected from 30,000 owners. In addition, Rs.12.34 crores was collected under the old scheme and Rs.15.08 crores was collected as arrears which some owners paid up voluntarily.

From December 1 till date Rs.3 crores was collected. In all, the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike had collected Rs.125.62 crores from 2,25,000 property owners. Another 1,60,000 owners were yet to pay tax. The Mahanagara Palike had set a target of collecting Rs.175 crores by March next year.

`Payment clinic'

A Mahanagara Palike release has listed the following "payment clinics" under the Self-assessment scheme

Jayanagar Shopping Complex -- Madivala and Hombegowdanagar; in front of Basavangudi Range Office, Gandhi Bazaar; near Anjan cinema, Magadi Road; Vijayanagar Bus Stand near Hotel Ashok; Ward Office 36, Vijayanagar; Marenahalli Main Road, Vijayanagar.

Goodwill Apartments, Govindarajanagar; Rajajinagar Shopping Complex; Dharani Mahila Sangha, Basaveswaranagar; Health Ward Office, IV Block, Rajajinagar; Ramamohanpura Corporation Junior College; R.T.Nagar Main Road; near Shanti Sagar, Domlur; North East Zonal Office, Thimmaiah Road; East Zone Office, Mayo Hall and Corporation Range Office, Dispensary Road.

In addition, payment would also be collected at all the 28 Revenue Range Offices and all the branches of Syndicate Bank, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank, the release said.

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