'Pay tax by July 31, avail rebate': PMC to citizens
Pay Panvel Property Tax Online - The Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) has published an advertisement warning a penalty for the delayed payment of Panvel property tax. A rebate of upto 15 per cent for payment of property tax till July 31 is offered and the rebate also includes 5 per cent for paying tax online.
It is believed that no action was taken for not paying property tax or a delayed payment due to pressure from the political parties. As the PMC term ended on July 9, the civic body is now being run by an administrator. As per advertisement, the Bombay High Court has not stayed the collection of the property tax. Also, it said that property tax holders lost Rs 118 crore for not availing the waiver of 15 per cent earlier.
Bombay High Court in June 2022, provided a major relief to residents living under the PMC by stopping the municipal corporation from taking any coercive action against the property tax defaulters.
The retrospective property tax collection by the corporation was also questioned by the court. Some citizens under the guidance of former corporator Leena Garad decided to wait till the court’s decision on the payment of property tax.
This is the first time that the civic body is collecting property tax since it came into being in 2016. Earlier, residents were paying property tax to gram panchayats and service tax to CIDCO. Some residents demanded that property tax should be collected from when the proposal was passed in the general body. However, the PMC has been collecting since it came into existence, meaning 2016.