Chandigarh civic body starts sending property tax bills to taxpayers with revised rates in FY25

                Chandigarh: After completing the due 
formalities, paperwork and issuing related 
orders, the UT Municipal Corporation has 
started sending property tax bills to taxpayers 
as per the 
revised rates — threefold hike for residential 
and twofold for commercial properties, as 
notified and implemented by the Chandigarh 
Administration for the current financial year.
The civic body has sent most of the property or 
service charge-related bills to govt-owned 
properties, and has now started the process of 
sending the same to residential and 
commercial 
establishments. About 1.42 lakh properties fall 
under the ambit of property tax, so bills are 
being printed accordingly.
Sources said instead of roping in the India 
Post Office, which the MC used to in the past, it 
has started distributing the property tax bills 
on its own using its staff. The distribution is in 
full 
swing, with the MC aiming to send all bills in 
the next seven to 10 days. This will help the 
taxpayers deposit their tax amount well in time 
to take advantage of the rebate on residential 
and 
commercial properties, the sources added.
Taxpayers will get a rebate of 20% on 
residential properties and 10% on commercial 
ones if they pay their taxes within the given 
rebate period of two months, April and May. If 
they fail to 
do so in the stipulated period, they will have to 
cough up a 25% penalty on the entire amount 
of their calculated property tax, and will also 
have to pay 12% interest on the same. It is for 
this reason that the authority is expecting a 
decent property tax collection in the first two 
months of the ongoing fiscal.

MC governing party's assurances fall flat
According to MC records, it has received Rs 2 
crore in property tax from this April 1 to date. 
Though BJP, which governs the MC, has long 
been assuring taxpayers of stepping up the 
pressure on the UT administration to bring 
down the revised property tax rates, it has not 
been able to bring them any respite so far. The 
UT BJP chief, city Mayor and BJP councillors 
also called on senior officials of the 
Chandigarh Administration, but to no avail.



Source : Times of India