Summary:
Vijayawada: In the face of financial crisis, the revenue wing of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation ( VMC ) started collecting pending property taxes in the fiscal 2018-19. During a council meeting held on Monday, most of the corporators expressed anguish over the revenue wing failing to collect the due property taxes from assessments across the city. Officials are directed to focus on assessments above Rs 20,000 and revenue wing is going to take up a huge campaign, explaining about the penalties imposed on late payment of property tax dues. People should pay their due taxes on time and support the development activities taken up by the civic body, he added. G.
Subba Rao deputy commissioner revenue asked people to pay taxes on time to avoid penalties.“The VMC has not revised the tax slabs after 2013 and taxes are increased due to the late payments..