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"In the current financial year, the property tax collection has crossed about Rs 67 crore on Friday — around Rs 6 crore more than last year's collection till February 10, 2016. "Moreover many citizens have the tendency to pay the tax in March and thus we hope to collect more tax," he said.Property tax collection has posted a sharp hike after the Central government's demonetisation move. Apart from this, many clerks and officers are busy in assessment of properties.Vasant Nikam, tax collection in-charge in the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), said despite manpower shortage the collection figure has reached a satisfactory level. However, we cannot deny that our staff's engagement in other projects is affecting the tax collection to a certain level," he said.However, Nikam added that after Zilla Parishad election more staff will be available for collection of taxes. "They are focusing on slums and motivating citizens to construct toilets," he said..