New System To Scale Back Kolkata Property Tax Bill Woes

There is some news to cheer up property taxpayers. Municipal Commissioner Mr. Arnab Roy instructed the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) judgment department to rely only on computerized data while sending the tax bills of property in Kolkata to taxpayer. Circular also tells the department to issue statements along with the tax bill of residential property in Kolkata. These statement should make it amply clear whether a particular taxpayer has pending dues. They have been asked to produce a separate statement showing outstanding dues or zero outstanding sues beside tax bills for 2012-13. This new system can pave the approach for minimizing torment of taxpayers a senior KMC valuation department official said. The taxpayers are given the choice to get a ‘No Outstanding Certificate’ (NOC) from the KMC net portal. They introduce the system shortly as said a KMC valuation department official. the choice was approved at a mayor-in-council meeting. Mr. Roy was shocked to seek out an over sized range of complaints from property taxpayers alleging that the KMC valuation department had sent them outstanding bill even once giving out NOCs. abundant of to humiliation of department officers, a case in purpose came up when Bhowanipore resident Mr. Amitava Roy complained that he had paid Rs. 20,000 at KMC headquarters and got NOC from the treasury. Nonetheless, he was shocked when the department sent him an impressive bill of Rs. 15,000, claiming that the quantity was unpaid since the mid-80’s. On verification, it absolutely was found that the KMC official of the rank of deputy manager had sent the outstanding bill from the manual register as the valuation department’s computerized records showed no outstanding against Roy’s premise variety. many such complaints flooded KMC offices located everywhere the Kolkata town. Because the state of affairs went out of management the civic body had open grievance cells for rectification of such anomalies. After consulting senior KMC officials the property tax experts and legal officials and the municipal commissioner proposed to update computer data on unpaid tax of property in Kolkata and do away with manual registers that date back decades. As the proposal was sent for Mayor Mr. Sovan Chatterjee’s approval. After Mr. Chatterjee approved and sent it back to the municipal commissioner the latter issued a circular and asked the valuation department to immediately introduce the system of issuing statements of outstanding tax or zero outstanding along with tax bills. As the growth of the software industry around Rajarhat has generated strong influx of manpower from all over the country. Resulting , there is a great demand for housing in appreciation of capital rental values. There has been a 15-20% rise in the capital values in Jan-Dec 2011 period as compared to the previous years. Many new projects being launched in the area time to time by prominent as well as local developers and builders in both the affordable and premium segments. Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) valuation department employees have been working overtime to prepare the updated list of major tax defaulters as well. The civic body has set a target of collecting Rs. 500 Crore from the waiver scheme. As Governor Mr. M K Narayanan had earlier cleared the proposal for the scheme mooted by the civic body. KMC is now waiting for the state government’s nod for an official declaration of the waiver. As they need this money to fund some major civic projects on water supply, drainage and sewerage and garbage disposals as said by the official of KMC valuation department.