Cancelled receipts suggest property tax scam in NMC

Nagpur | Saturday | 22nd September, 2018

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Many times NMC employees at zone office counters ask the tax payer to bring the copy of the last tax receipt. Nagpur: A shocking fact has come to light wherein staffers of property tax department of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) cancel the receipts after taking cash from taxpayers. Some Rs1.75 crore is lying in it and nobody knows whose tax money is lying in the account. Think of the amount of money embezzled,” he said.As NMC staffers destroyed the receipts, taxpayers got next fiscal’s demand along with arrears. He was provided a list of taxpayers who were issued tax receipts after taking cash from them but the NMC’s copy of receipt was cancelled.“NMC officials have no explanation as to why these receipts were cancelled..