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BBMP to ignore complaints of property tax defaulters

Deepika Arwind

By furnishing tax paid receipt you can file your grievance
Filing property tax returns for 2009-10 easy for those who paid taxes

BANGALORE: If you did not pay property tax last year, it is likely that your complaints to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike regarding your property may not be addressed.

As the BBMP tries to induce transparency in filing of property taxes, those who have paid their taxes for 2008-09 will find that they had more than one advantage over the others.

To begin with, only those who have paid property tax will be able to avail themselves of the services offered to citizens by the civic authority, while those who haven’t might find themselves at a disadvantage. Just by furnishing the tax paid receipt of 2008-09, they can approach the civic authority with any complaint. “Only taxpaying citizens will be preferred in such cases,” says U.A. Vasanth Rao, Deputy Commissioner (Resources), BBMP. For those who have already filed their taxes and have made no change as far as their property goes, they just need to fill a one-page form (Form IV), which will be available for download from July 1. The application will be available at the BBMP Help Centres for Rs. 5.

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