Clarification from BMC: Property Tax for Mumbai unchanged from 2022 despite Bill gaffe

In the past week, the civic body began to upload property tax bills on its website—a nearly eight-month delay in issuance that was preceded by repeat requests from city residents. To citizens’ fury, the amounts billed were nearly 15 to 20 per cent higher than the previous year. 

Now, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has stated that the amounts payable on the e-bills, which many Mumbaikars had access to, will be rectified to the previous year’s figures.

Iqbal Singh Chahal, BMC Commissioner and Administrator said that in light of a recent Supreme Court order about property taxation, the terms “bill payable” and “bill amount” were used online, which allegedly led to confusion.

This order involves changes to the assessment of capital valuation. Chahal added that to prevent further confusion, the bills raised will mention only the payable amount for the financial year 2022-2023.

City residents have raised questions about the security-related reasons for the hike, as well as any hidden or carry-over charges the Corporation may levy next year.

“The bills were issued with a footnote stating that they are being issued on a security/ad-hoc basis until a final policy decision regarding property tax is made. Now, the BMC will insert riders in the bills to pay as per last year, but the bill amount may remain increased which the corporation will collect later on,” said former corporator Asif Zakaria, who previously criticized the BMC’s move to increase property tax.

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