After the Maharashtra authorities determined to proceed with the 40 per cent property tax concession for residential properties in Pune, the municipal company on Monday began issuing revised payments, which must be paid by July 15 to avail of a further 10 per cent low cost within the tax.
The civic administration has up to date round 7 lakh property tax payments on its web site. “The updating of property tax bills is going on and taxes of over half of them have been updated. The civic administration will be also dispatching the hard copies of the bills to each property. The owners should pay their taxes by July 15 to avail of the benefit of additional 10 per cent discount for advance payment while avoiding penalty charges thereafter,” stated Ajeet Deshmukh, accountable for the property tax division.
The updating of all of the payments shall be accomplished by May-end and their laborious copies dispatched to the homeowners, he stated, including that alerts can be issued to homeowners whose electronic mail addresses and cellular numbers are registered with the Pune Municipal Corporation.
The PMC has additionally appealed to the homeowners of residential properties who registered after 2019 and are paying full taxes to show their occupancy by submitting paperwork to avail of the 40 per cent concession. “If the residential properties that are registered after 2019 are proved to be self-occupied by the owner, their excess payment in tax since 2019 will be adjusted in the next four years against their property tax,” Deshmukh stated.
The rule applies to residential properties from the newly merged 23 villages that turned a part of the town final yr, he added. Those who fail to show their residential properties as self-occupied will lose the concession.
Municipal commissioner Vikram Kumar has directed the division to accentuate the restoration of Rs 9,600-crore dues from defaulters and seal properties if the dues aren’t cleared.