The owners of ‘Motor cabs and Maxi cabs’ will now have to pay a one-time lifetime tax based on the cost of their vehicles effective from March 1, 2013 in Chhattisgarh.
The State Government in its Gazette published on January 17, 2013 has made an amendment in the Schedule Two of the ‘Chhattisgarh Karadhan Adhiniyam 1991’ which now makes it mandatory for the owners of Motor cabs and Maxi cabs different from the three wheelers to pay a lifetime tax based on the cost of their vehicles, according to an official Press release issued here.
Prior to this, the owners of these cabs paid tax on a quarterly basis. The owners of the vehicles have been served a deadline of February 28, 2014 to complete the formalities required under the amended law.
The Regional Transport Office (RTO) had cautioned owners of the aforesaid category of vehicles that their vehicles would be seized in the event of non payment of tax. The owners of ‘Magic’ brand of vehicles had also been notified to pay their taxes under the amended law. For further information, the owners of vehicles had been asked to contact the Regional Transport Officer in Raipur, it stated.