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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. In the last two days, we have had defaulters queuing up to pay their house tax dues. 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. AGRA: Agra Municipal Corporation AMC ) administration is required to recover Rs 5 crore over next two days to achieve targeted house tax collection for 2018-19 financial year.With the deadline ending on March 31, civic body’s tax department officials have issued notices to defaulters to clear their dues of past several years..