The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) has extended the period of 20 per cent rebate on property tax by five more days. The rebate period was slated to end on February 25.
While talking to The Pioneer, the MCD tax superintendent Dharmesh Painuly said, “There are many slum dwellers who have not submitted the property tax till now so MCD gave them another chance to benefit from the rebate.
Besides, many people of new wards have also not submitted the non-residential property tax, so the rebate will probably encourage them to submit the taxes soon.” He also informed that till Thursday evening the total collection of property tax was around Rs 38 crore.
In the last two months, this is the third extension by MCD on the period of rebate on property tax. The first extension of this year was given by Dehradun mayor Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' in January for one month and the second was on February 15 for five days that ended on February 20.
Now MCD has once again extended the period of rebate which is probably due to the record breaking collection of the corporation in the last few months. The MCD has collected more than Rs 1 crore in a single day in January and till now it has collected around Rs 38 crore which is much higher than the total collection of last year which was around Rs 25 crore. The period of submitting property tax will end on March 31 after which a penalty will be imposed on those who have not paid their property tax. If the tax submission would be late by 30 days, five per cent of tax will be charged as penalty in the form of delay fee by MCD. It is pertinent to mention here that the rebate of 20 per cent is also given to non-residential taxpayers whereas five per cent additional rebate was set for the non-residential taxpayers of the new wards. However, the additional rebate which ended on January 31 was not extended further by mayor.