Deadline of tax settlement scheme extended again

Time of India

19 hours ago

Ludhiana: The deadline for the one-time settlement scheme for property tax dues has been extended for the third time, allowing residents to pay their outstanding dues without any interest and penalty until the end of August.
The civic body has so far collected Rs 19 crore from outstanding dues under this scheme. However, against the annual property tax target of Rs 160 crore for this fiscal, the MC officials have collected Rs 43 crore until now. The officials claimed they will increase the pace of recovery of dues in the coming month when people clear the tax for this fiscal to avail of a 10% rebate.
The PGs and migrant quarters are on the radar of the MC teams, as checking is ongoing in some areas to catch hold of the defaulters.
The OTS was launched on May 15, and the defaulters were given time until July 31 to pay up. The deadline was extended to Aug 15 and now to August 31. The officials claimed they have sent teams for checking in areas like BRS Nagar, Rajguru Nagar, and the backyard of the DC office complex, where commercial activities have increased.
Many people have set up PGs in their households, but they have not paid commercial tax to the civic body for many years.
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The officials claimed that in the coming days, there will be more tax generation as current year tax payments will also be received. By the end of September, they expect the total tax collection to cross Rs 100 crore.
MC superintendent Vivek Verma said, "The govt is giving a chance to the defaulters to clear their dues without any interest and penalty, and it the payment deadline has been extended for the third time. Residents should make the best use of it because once the OTS deadline ends, we will impose the penalty and interest rate."
Meanwhile, senior deputy mayor Rakesh Prashar claimed that with OTS, the MC is collecting several pending dues from the defaulters, and now people who never came to clear their dues will come on MC records.
Ward defence committee meetings baffle MC staff
As CM Bhagwant Mann launched a drive to form ward defence committees in 95 wards of the city, the MC staff is also deputed in these committees. The MC officials claimed they are told to conduct ward-level meetings and create groups so that these committees could be notified by the govt and proper ID cards should be issued to them.
These residents will then take care of the drugs awareness programmes in the colonies and stage nukkad nataks.
They will take care of drug-related activities in the colonies and inform police. MC officials claimed they are unsure how they will manage these meetings, especially when they need to focus on tax collection and, moreover, they know nothing about drugs.
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