Chandigarh: Goodbye to receipts, check property tax details online

The system has details of each property within the tax ambit, like its area, covered area, open area, floors, taxable area, details of filing property tax, amount and vacant plots.

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CHANDIGARH: A one-year exercise of the civic body has allowed a majority of residents to find details of their properties online after logging in their ID numbers in a computerisation project that has phased out the manual system of payment of tax.

The system has details of each property within the tax ambit, like its area, covered area, open area, floors, taxable area, details of filing property tax, amount and vacant plots.

The move is crucial as missing tax amount receipts and documents had earlier led to fights between the municipal corporation (MC) and property owners over the amount and related details. Now, all payment details will be online.

“We have computerised around 75% files of taxable properties. The number of residential properties is more than 90%. Most owners of residential properties have deposited their amount and pending arrears too. People who are not depositing their dues on time, their record is going to the system. We will issue notices to those who have not paid the tax,” said an official of the MC.

Issues like lost tax receipts, ambiguity in the amount and flaws in documentation had surfaced in the manual system. Councillors had raised the matter a number of times, pointing out that people had paid the tax but their receipts were lost due to some reasons, which forced them to pay the tax again.