The last day for submission of property tax for the year 2020-21 without incurring penalty is December 31.
From January 1, the municipal corporation (MC) will slap a 10% penalty on defaulters’ taxes. As per the information, there are around 2.7 lakh taxable properties in the city and over 1 lakh property owners are yet to file the tax return.
Officials said that apart from submitting the tax at MC suvidha kendras, residents can also pay their taxes online on the MC’s website - www.mcludhiana.gov.in.
An official, on condition of anonymity, said, “This year, a large number of residents are yet to submit the tax as many of them suffered a financial setback due to the pandemic. Managements of different malls have also not paid taxes. Therefore, the MC has not been able to meet the recovery targets this year. The MC has only recovered around ₹63 crore against the annual recovery target of ₹130 crore.
Vivek Verma, MC superintendent, property tax wing, said, ”The civic body is sending text messages to and calling up residents to remind them to submit their pending tax to avoid a penalty. Reminder notices have also been served.”
“Residents will have to pay a 10% penalty after December 31, and if they fail to pay the tax by March 31, a 20% penalty along with 18% annual interest on the pending amount will be imposed.”
{{/usCountry}}“Residents will have to pay a 10% penalty after December 31, and if they fail to pay the tax by March 31, a 20% penalty along with 18% annual interest on the pending amount will be imposed.”
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