The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun collected about Rs six lakh in property tax on Sunday. The MCD office had remained open specially to collect property tax. According to officials, so far, the MCD has collected about Rs 40 crore in property tax even though about 50 per cent of people are yet to pay the property tax.
While talking to The Pioneer, the MCD tax superintendent Dharmesh Painuly said, “Around 190 people submitted the property tax on Sunday and the total collection was about Rs six lakh. So far, Rs 40 crore has been collected by MCD in which the number of non-residential building taxpayers is more than residential building taxpayers.”
According to Painuly, about 50 per cent of people have still not deposited the property tax. Hopefully, the taxpayers will submit the tax by the end of March.
The property tax of several government buildings is still pending in addition to the remaining 50 per cent taxpayers. This year MCD has set a target of collecting Rs 50 crore but considering the current collection of Rs 40 crore, the tax collection could easily surpass the target by the end of March. It is pertinent to mention here that for the third time this year, MCD extended the period of 20 per cent rebate on property tax for five days on February 20. The five days extension on the rebate is slated to end on February 25.
The period of submitting property tax will end on March 31 after which the taxpayers will be imposed with a fine according to the area of the property. If the tax submission is late by 30 days, five per cent of tax will be charged as penalty in the form of delay fee by MCD.