North Delhi Municipal Corporation has proposed to empanel property tax collection agents (PTCAs) to ensure recovery of property tax from all public and private un-assessed properties. The corporation will levy of 5 per cent collection charges of property tax to ensure that the tax was paid.
There are total 10 lakh properties under the jurisdiction of NMC. Out of the total, 3,35,000 properties have paid taxes till now. In EDMC, there are total 4-5 lakh properties of which 2 lakh properties have paid taxes.
The corporations had said that all properties falling in the jurisdiction of the municipal bodies prior to the period April 2011 will be exempted from paying property tax. In 2014, Additional Solicitor General of India directed the corporations and said not a single tax defaulter will be spared, including the ones exempt till 2011. Moreover the tax defaulters will have to pay taxes with one per cent interest.
The Government institutions like DDA, BSES, PGCIl and DTl are some big names, who haven’t paid property tax worth crores. East, North and South municipal corporations have approached these Government departments to improve its financial condition.