PCMC Collects Record Breaking Property Tax Till September 2023

For the first time in the history of the PCMC till date, a record tax has been collected in six months. In the last six months, it has succeeded in collecting tax amounting to Rs 579 crore from more than 60 percent of taxpayers. 

On the other hand, two percent late fee will be applicable from today to the property owners who do not pay tax despite repeated appeals. A vigorous campaign will be undertaken to confiscate the properties of the defaulters.

Shekhar Singh, PCMC Commissioner, said “The tax collection and taxation department of the municipal corporation had decided to distribute property tax bills to women in women self-help groups this year. It was named Project Siddhi. This decision has been justified by women’s self-help groups. Women shared 100 percent of the bill. Therefore, citizens preferred to pay taxes in the first half. The property registration drive has picked up speed. In this too, a large amount of employment has been provided to the women of the women’s self-help groups in the city. Citizens should respond to this campaign for accurate registration of their properties.”

Nilesh Deshmukh, Assistant Commissioner, PCMC Tax Department, said “More than 60 percent of property owners have paid their taxes in six months. Therefore, the focus will now be on collecting tax from the remaining 40 percent property owners in the 6th month of the financial year. In this, the sole aim of the department will be mainly to recover the tax arrears for many years and 100 percent recovery of the current tax. For this, a drastic decision like seizure of property has to be taken.”

As per further information shared by Nilesh Deshmukh, Till the end of September 2022, 2 lakh 45 thousand 844 property owners had paid property tax of Rs 364 crore and till the end of September 2023, 3 lakh 66 thousand 636 property owners have paid property tax of Rs 579 crore. That means 1 lakh 20 thousand 792 property owners have paid tax in six months compared to last year.

The city has 6 lakh 7 thousand registered properties such as residential, industrial, non-residential, mixed, vacant land. The Tax Collection and Taxation Department of the Municipal Corporation is collecting the tax from the property owners. Various activities carried out by this department like public awareness, confiscation campaign, notice to property owners, tap connection closure, publication of the list of defaulters in the newspaper, this year, distribution of bills through women self-help groups, public awareness through rickshaws, hoardings at important intersections, competitions on social media, etc. Along with these, a customized SMS was sent to each individual stating his property tax amount and concession amount. Due to such various activities etc, the department has managed to collect property tax of Rs 579 crore in the first half of 2023-24.

Out of 6 lakh 7 thousand property owners, 3 lakh 66 thousand 636 property owners i.e. 60 percent of the property owners have paid tax within six months by taking advantage of various tax concessions. The property owners have deposited a tax of Rs 579 crores 62 lakhs 62 thousand rupees in the municipal treasury.

Following is the entire data of the property tax collection:

 Yearly Property Tax Collection & No of Property Tax Payers

·         2020 – 21:

·         Number of Property Tax Payers – 1,64,757

·         Property Tax Collected – Rs 220 Crores

·         2021 – 22:

·         Number of Property Tax Payers – 2,23,894

·         Property Tax Collected – Rs 280 Crores

·         2022 – 23:

·         Number of Property Tax Payers – 2,45,844

·         Property Tax Collected – Rs 364 Crores

·         2023 – 24:

·         Number of Property Tax Payers – 3,66,636

·         Property Tax Collected – Rs 579 Crores

 Property Tax Amount Generated Through Modes of Payment (2023-24):

·         Online – Rs 370 Crores 83 Lakhs

·         Payment Apps – Rs 5 Crores 87 Lakhs

·         Cash – Rs 74 Crores 54 Lakhs

·         Cheque – Rs 57 Crores 43 Lakhs

·         RTGS – Rs 26 Crores 46 Lakhs

·         EDC – Rs 6 Crores 46 Lakhs

·         NEFT – Rs 4 Crores 54 Lakhs

·         Demand Draft (DD) – Rs 3 Crores 64 Lakhs

3 lakh 66 thousand 636 property owners have paid tax. In this as many as 3 lakh 22 thousand 758 residential property owners have paid their tax. After that, 29 thousand 778 non-residential, 8 thousand 391 mixed, 2 thousand 787 industrial and 2 thousand 875 vacant land property owners have paid property tax.

17 zones under PCMC for property tax collection are there. Among these, the highest number is 48 thousand 575 in Wakad, 40 thousand 341 in Sangvi, 33 thousand 838 in Thergaon and 33 thousand 715 in Chinchwad.

Property owners have paid their taxes. Whereas in the lowest Talawade, 5 thousand 140 property owners have paid tax.

So far in the financial year 2023-24, the tax collection department has issued seizure notices to 41 thousand, 307 persons and seizure letters to 36 thousand 719 property holders. These property owners have tax arrears of Rs 671 Crores.

Shreyas Vange