Thiruvananthapuram: Revenue wing from City Corporation has identified more than 700 absenteeism that owes tax contributions above RS 1 Lakh.
The cumulative contribution of this defaulter is estimated to reach Rs 44 Crore.
In the past two months, the corporation managed to collect around RS 17 Crore after a tax database update in all wards.
The income wing has issued a first round notice for all absent with contributions above RS 1 Lakh.
A number of Rs 3 Crore has so far been accepted by the corporation of several absence.
Revenue officials said the collection of contributions is expected to increase in the next two months and most contributions will be released in March.
This is possible especially by zonal office efforts to update and issue actual tax contributions.
Previously, people were reluctant to use the online system because it would reflect the fee from the previous fiscal even though it would be paid.
After the data base is updated, only actual fiscal contributions are reflected in the account and many residents choose online payments that also allow them to generate an online receipt and save it in a digital format.
Officials Total Property Collection Taxes through online payments have increased significantly which also results in the peak in collection for fiscal 2020-21.
With Covid Lockdown which affects property tax payments directly by 2020-21, online payments have increased mainly after City Corporation publishes an updated database and actual contribution for each Ward.in 2020-21, total demand for City Corporation in property tax is RS 96.8 Crore and can collect Rs 75.8 Crores which is the highest collection of property tax since 2016-17.
The corporation has not passed RS 70 Crore in the collection in the last five fiscals.
Significant signs of increase in online taxes proven from November 2021.
The month has recorded a collection of Rs 9.75 Crore, which more than doubled the number of corporations has been collected in the same month in 2020.
Large tax inflows are recorded in A month when there is no field collection because all officials are occupied by tax data updates.
In December, the number of Rs 7 Crore was accepted.
Corporate officials say that with contributions that are actually clearly reflected on the official City Corporation website for each ward, many people use online payments optimally.
The percentage of good tax payments in the previous two months occurred through online.
Revenue officials now hope for recording collections in 2021-22.
Usually, collections increase in February and March; But this year, there have been significant inflows since November and in the next three months if the collection exceeds RS 40 Crore, the corporation can record almost 90% of actual requests.