Chandigarh civic body to send property tax notices through email, SMS

Chandigarh, April 17

Residents will soon start getting property tax demand and recovery notices through SMS and e-mail.

The Municipal Corporation, in a public notice, has asked the residents to register their mobile phone numbers as well as e-mail addresses with the corporation. They have been directed to visit the “service” menu on the website.

“Those who have to pay the tax will get a reminder on their phones. Many people sometimes forget to pay the levy. Also, those who are defaulters will get notices through these modes. We hope to get a good response to the registration in this regard so that later this year, they start getting the info easily,” said an official.

The property tax can be paid on the civic body’s website the or “I’M Chandigarh” app. Those want to pay offline can do so at any Sampark centre through demand draft/cheque/cash. Those depositing the tax for the 2022-23 fiscal between April 1 and May 31 will get a rebate. May 26 is the last date for cheque and demand draft payments.

Residential property taxpayers will get a rebate of 20 per cent and commercial property taxpayers 10 per cent. After that, there will be a penalty of 25 per cent and 12 per cent interest on the tax dues sans rebate.

The civic body started collecting commercial property tax in 2004 and house tax in 2015. However, in the 2021-2022 fiscal, it has collected the highest-ever levy of over Rs. 64 crore. Like previous fiscals, this amount includes the arrears as well.

The MC is expected to get more collection this year as 20,000 house owners in different colonies will also have to pay the property tax from this fiscal. The houses with an area of 500 sq ft or above will have to pay the levy. The UT had omitted the word colonies from the tax exemption list in 2019. However, citing the coronavirus, the MC had not collected the tax from the colonies.

How you can pay

• The property tax can be paid on the civic body’s website the or “I’M Chandigarh” app. Those want to pay offline can do so at any Sampark centre through demand draft/cheque/cash.
• Those depositing the tax for the 2022-23 fiscal between April 1 and May 31 will get a rebate. May 26 is the last date for cheque and demand draft payments.
• Residential property taxpayers will get a rebate of 20 per cent and commercial property taxpayers 10 per cent. After that, there will be a penalty of 25 per cent and 12 per cent interest on the tax dues sans rebate.