Bengaluru: The cabinet decision on Thursday to provide a pause to 78,000 BBMP property tax because “errors from both parties” for the wrong zone classification that leads to the assessment below since 2016-17 will provide immediate assistance to no less than 11,000 property owners No less than 11,000 property owners who are no less than 11,000.
Has paid a penalty along with a delayed contribution.
Because, according to BBMP, most of the 11,000 owners have paid excess taxes compared to the state government’s decision to increase a simple interest of 12% per year on a waiting tax.
Commissioner with BBMP (Revenue) VenkatatchaPathy said 11,000 taxpayers had deposited a number of Rs 20 Crore and that the number of differences paid by them would be adjusted to the tax of the next few fiscal, depending on the payment of quantum excess.
“Government decisions, as we understand from statements in the media, will help BBMP and taxpayers.
While the amount of payment will decrease, the BBMP will get a 12% interest in the delayed amount,” the official said.
He said the BBMP would modify the software for the calculation of repayment of 11,000 people who had paid their taxes and also for the remaining 67,000 property owners to make the required payments for delayed property taxes.
The BBMP waits for the government’s order, the Commissioner of the BMP Chairman Gaurav Gupta, said the final decision must be understood by the PIKI because the government order has not yet reached it.
“Cases related to the problem of payment of defaulters are waiting for 4-5 years.
If the government decides to release a fully penalty, there will be certain financial impacts.
If it is only a portion of a number of a number of certain interests and retributions, then it will have another monetary fall.
We need to understand what the model is approved by the government, “he said.
Senior officers IAS said the BBMP did not have the idea of the problem until conducting a physical survey in 2021.
“We do not know what really happened in 2016-17, whether there was an unintentional error or official then did not communicate true decisions or whether people The person himself made a mistake.
This will require a detailed understanding, “he said.
The civic body expects orders early next week, after that it will issue circular to all zones and start modification of the software.