Summary:
In the last two days, we have had defaulters queuing up to pay their house tax dues. Following this, the municipal board of councilors had set Rs 50 crore as the targeted revenue to be collected as house tax.According to AMC officials, around Rs 45 crore of house tax was collected by Friday afternoon. Last year, house tax recovery was around Rs 30 crore”.As per to civic body records, out of the 1.80 lakh registered property owners, only 80,000 are regularly paying their taxes. Earlier, a citywide survey found that a majority of the 500 hotels in the city were not registered with the civic body and had not paid house tax at commercial rates. Major defaulters are being warned of legal action against them after March 31.We have significantly improved tax collection..