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Hyderabad: The property tax collection engines of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation are steaming ahead at a pace never seen before, with the last four months seeing the civic body collecting nearly Rs.1,000 crore. By Wednesday evening, the tax collected stood at Rs.997.50 crore, with the revenue being generated from 9,64,105 assessments done from April […]

Hyderabad: In relief to those struggling with property tax arrears, the State government has come up with a One-Time Scheme (OTS) to clear the same and waived 90 per cent interest. The waiver is till the 2021-22 fiscal. According to the GO Rt No.485 issued by the Municipal Administration & Urban Development (MA&UD) Department, the […]

Hyderabad: The cash registers of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) haven’t had a break from ringing in the last three months, with the property tax collection racing towards Rs.1,000 crore, which is a record collection for the first quarter of any fiscal year. Already, in the three months of April to June, the civic […]

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has collected a record Rs 742.41 crore under it’s Early Bird scheme this financial year. On Saturday which was the last day for scheme, Rs 100.38 crore was collected, the highest amount of property tax collected in a single day by GHMC till date. The Early Bird scheme which […]

Hyderabad: The GHMC’s Early Bird scheme, which offers a five per cent rebate on property tax to property owners, will end on April 30. The civic body in a press release issued on Tuesday appealed property owners to avail the offer. Under this offer, rebate is given only on the current year’s tax and not […]

Hyderabad: Property tax collection in the 141 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) was Rs.698.25 crore during the financial year 2021-22 in the State, registering a slight dip compared to last financial year’s collection of Rs 719.34 crore. Despite the Covid pandemic impact and considering other factors, the property tax collection has been considerably good. Though there […]

Hyderabad: In just two days, Rs 13.90 crore were added to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) coffers with 34,540 persons paying property tax online under the civic body’s Property Tax Early Bird Scheme. Under this scheme, a 5 per cent rebate on property tax is offered to buiding owners and the last date of […]

Hyderabad: The GHMC’s Early Bird scheme, which offers five per cent rebate on property tax to structure owners will commence from April 6. Under this offer, the rebate is given only on the current year’s tax and not on the arrears. The civic body has already sent text messages to all the property owners with […]

Hyderabad: To ensure a hassle free experience for the general public and to bring all new properties under the tax net, an online mutation and assessment system of properties has been introduced by the State government. Under this new approach, at the time of registration of any existing property that was already assessed to property […]

Hyderabad: ‘Property Tax Parishkaram’, the weekly programme to resolve issues related to property tax was held on Sunday with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) receiving 56 applications. As part of the weekly dispute resolution programme, special counters were opened at GHMC circle offices with applications pertaining to re-assessment of properties, name change, etc., being […]

Karimnagar: A gram panchayat has adopted an innovative method to ensure payment of long-pending property tax by establishment – dump garbage in front of their premises. The Islampur gram panchayat in Gandadhar mandal, at its general body meeting held on December 22, took serious note of the defaulters and decided to take serious action against […]

To do away with method of bill collectors visiting newly built structures to estimate tax

Former District Medical and Health Officer P Ramarao said it was meaningless to levy property tax on capital value of assets because capital value had no relevance to the regular income

In a letter addressed to the GVMC Commissioner G. Srujana here on Wednesday, he said it was a highly inopportune time for GVMC to notify the proposal to hike the taxes, as the residents of Vizag were struggling to deal with the Covid pandemic

Apartment residents' welfare associations on Tuesday held a demonstration in front of Alluri Seetharama Raju statue in Seethammadhara, protesting against the move to hike property tax

Panchayat Raj Secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania issued orders to this effect on Wednesday

About 14.08 lakh structure owners are eligible for availing the five per cent rebate under the scheme, of which, about 2.63 lakh structure owners have availed the benefit and paid Rs 113.26 crore tax till May 29

State govt had extended the scheme till May 31 considering pandemic situation

Despite the pandemic, the civic body was able to collect Rs 364.23 crore in April under the Early Bird scheme

Despite Covid, 703.32 crore collected as against Rs.561.05 crore in 2019-20