The Dehradun Municipal Corporation has said that it will penalise residents who don’t pay their property tax by March 31. Officials of the corporation said that residents living in the old wards of the city must pay residential and commercial property taxes by the end of March and those living in 32 new wards of the city should pay the tax of any commercial property that they own there by the same date.
The officials added that if the residents fail to pay their property taxes by the set deadline, a penalty of up to Rs 15,000 is likely to be imposed. DMC officials also pointed out that very few residents of the new wards have paid commercial property tax so far.
“Out of over 14,000 commercial properties in the 32 new wards, owners of only 300 such properties have paid their property taxes in this fiscal. To encourage tax payers, the DMC is also giving 20% rebate to all city residents who submit their property tax by February 15,” said an official of the civic body. The officials of the civic body have confirmed that the last date for availing this rebate won’t be extended any further. Last date to avail the 20% rebate was earlier revised from January 15 to February 15.
