Udupi: The last date for the payment of property tax in Udupi has been extended to June 30 for the year 2016-17. A press release on the same was issued by the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) on Sunday.
D. Manjunathaiah, CMC Commissioner has asked all the property owners/users of building and non-agriculture land to pay the fine by this month-end without fine. Those who fail, will have to pay a fine of 2 per cent every month from July.
The release added that those who are yet to pay property tax for the last fiscal 2015-16 should pay their taxes immediately with the prescribed fine and also the tax for the present fiscal 2016-17 without fine by this month end.
“Nearly 40 per cent of tax payers have paid their taxes. Normally by the end of June, about 65 per cent of tax payers paid the taxes,” said Commissioner.
Those who are working in West Asia and big cities like Mumbai have delayed their payments. On the whole, the CMC has a good track-record in collection of taxes, he added.
