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Property use changed in Gurgaon , 16 teams to examine tax loss

A total of 1,244 commercial properties in the Gurgaon city have changed their category to residential properties, 514 to industrial use, 95 to institutional use and 403 to vacant plots.

GURUGRAM: MCG has constituted 16 teams to check tax evasion by changing the use of properties from commercial to residential, and industrial or institutional and submit a report by April 30.

A total of 1,244 commercial properties in the city have changed their category to residential properties, 514 to industrial use, 95 to institutional use and 403 to vacant plots.

The MCG officials said this change in property categories was found after a private agency, hired by the MCG to carry out a property tax survey, submitted its report last year.

The MCG teams will now verify if the property categories were changed. Teams will also check the public parking sites, including those in shopping malls, which are charging parking fees from residents.

Commercial properties in the city, such as shopping malls, can get a tax rebate if they provide free parking to the public.

“We have found anomalies after a private agency carried out a survey of properties in the city last year. 16 teams have been formed to check tax evasion. The teams will check all the commercial properties, which have registered a change in their category. Besides the teams, four joint commissioners and three additional commissioners will randomly check 5% of these properties each so that the cases are verified. I have asked the teams to submit a report by April 30. The aim of this exercise is to stop loss of revenue to the civic body,” MCG commissioner PC Meena said.

For a residential property, the tax for the ground floor is Rs 1 per sq yard with a plot size of up to 300 sq yards whereas, for a commercial space, the tax for the ground floor is Rs 24 per sq yard with a plot size up to Rs 50 sq yards.

The MCG officials said that the change from commercial to any other category including residential and institutional implies that the property owner has to pay less amount of tax. Property tax is one of the major sources of income for the civic body.

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Now, camps in your area for property tax collection in Gurugram

GURUGRAM: To augment property tax collection, MCG has started organising camps in several parts of the city where residents can deposit dues.

The camps will be held till March 29
Property tax is one of the major sources of income for the civic body. The corporation aims to collect Rs 1,100 crore from property tax alone in the current fiscal year, of which it has been able to collect just 16.3% — Rs 180 crore — so far, according to MCG officials.
With only 10 days left for the current fiscal to be over, the civic body will hold the camps to boost its income.“Residents can also visit the camps to get their property tax data corrected,” MCG spokesperson SS Rohilla said.

The camp will be organised at the community centres in sectors 9A and 22A, South Point Mall and Tulip Lemon (Sector 69) on Wednesday. On Thursday, camps will be set up at the Sector 4 community centre, Radhakrishan temple (Kirti Nagar), DT Mega Mall and Bestech Park View Spa Next (Sector 67).
On Friday, MCG will organise property tax camps at AVL 36 (Sector 36), Ram Mandir (Sai Kunj), TDI Ourania (Sector 56) and M3M Merlin (Sector 67).

The next day, they will be set up at the community centre in Sector 10, Sector 14, Mahindra Aura (Sector 110A), Palm Grove Heights (Ardee City), Princeton Estate (DLF 5) and The Legend (Sector 57) Gurgaon

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Not paid tax dues? Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon set to serve notices to defaulters, seal Propertyes

GURGAON: The MCG commissioner PC Meena on Tuesday directed officials to serve notices to property tax defaulters with dues amounting to Rs 1 lakh or more. The commissioner asked the officials to seal these properties after serving notices. “The residential, institutional, commercial and industrial properties in the city have to pay property tax as per the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994. The properties of the defaulters will soon be sold and subsequently auctioned,” said the commissioner. He chaired a meeting with the officials to review the issues related to property tax. Moreover, the commissioner also asked the officials to recheck the properties which have been registered for change in use. Around 1,244 commercial properties have changed their use to residential properties, causing revenue loss to the civic body. All these properties will be rechecked after which a committee will be constituted and then the decision will be taken. The officials said it is likely that the private agency which had done the property tax survey of the city also goofed up with the data of commercial and industrial units, which can result in financial loss for MCG. The tax amount of commercial properties is more than the residential properties. It was also informed in the meeting that MCG has collected the property tax amounting to Rs 171 crore so far in the current fiscal year. Property tax is one of the major sources of income for MCG. It is also decided to hold property tax collection camps in various colonies by collaborating with RWAs to augment collection. The civic body in 2020 had introduced an incentive system for the RWAs and ward committees, which would ensure tax collection in their areas. MCG had decided to give 5% of the total property tax collected in an area upto capping of Rs 50 lakh to ward committees and 5% of the total property tax collected from the jurisdiction with a capping of Rs 5 lakh for RWAs. However, the condition was that the collection crossed 80% of the total property tax and fire tax due in the area.

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Gurugram development body will get over Rs 350 crore per year from stamp duty

The department of urban local bodies had approved the proposal for sharing of stamp duty charges between GMDA and the municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) in April this year.

GURUGRAM: The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is likely to get over Rs 350 crore from stamp duty charges every year. This comes as a huge relief to the cash-strapped government agency.

The department of urban local bodies had approved the proposal for sharing of stamp duty charges between GMDA and the municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) in April this year.

While GMDA was earlier estimated to receive Rs 250 crore from MCG, it is now set to receive stamp duty charges from the Municipal Corporation of Manesar (MCM) as well. A proposal in this regard is already underway. MCM officials said just like MCG, the rules would be applicable to MCM as well.

“We had estimated receipt of Rs 250 crore from MCG alone. Now with MCM in the picture, we expect Rs 350 crore to Rs 400 crore from stamp duty charges annually,” said a senior GMDA official. He added that the charges will be paid to GMDA with effect from April 1, 2021.

The metropolitan authority had first written to the state government over splitting of stamp duty charges with MCG in 2019. A notification in this regard was finally issued in April this year. Prior to the notification, MCG collected 2% stamp duty charges.

The proposal had met with opposition from the municipal councillors and mayor Madhu Azad, who stated that the move would impact the development works in the municipal areas. Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, however, approved the proposal during a GMDA meeting last year.

The money from the stamp duty charges will help GMDA in bridging the gap between its expenditure and income for the current fiscal year. The budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 has been estimated at Rs 1,848 crore, whereas the expected receipts for the year are around Rs 1,200 crore — a shortfall of around Rs 600 crore.

“The collection of external development charges (EDC) and stamp duty charges together should be able to fill the gap. We are depending on the state government for the remaining amount,” the GMDA official said.

In order to make the civic body more independent, chief minister Khattar had also announced earlier this year that GMDA as well as the Faridabad metropolitan authority would be gettingEDC directly from the developers, thereby eliminating delays. All the EDC charges for Gurugram and Faridabad will go to GMDA and FMDA, respectively.

Source – https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes. com/

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Gurugram: Suncity residents struggle to get rainwater pits operational

The residents complained that the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) had initiated the construction of four RWH pits in the colony in September 2019, but the contractor left the work mid-way which is causing a lot inconvenience for them.

GURUGRAM: At a time when depleting underground water is a major concern in the city, residents of Suncity are struggling to get four rainwater harvesting pits (RWH) operational since last one year.

The residents complained that the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) had initiated the construction of four RWH pits in the colony in September 2019, but the contractor left the work mid-way which is causing a lot inconvenience for them. They alleged that several complaints have been made to the concerned officials, but it has fallen on deaf ears.

Kusum Sharma, a member of the RWA said, “The contractor has left the work unfinished and since then we are trying to get this completed. Two half constructed RWH pits are in the greenbelt area and the rest is in two parks of the colony. This is really sad that on one hand the administration is creating awareness of the RWH and spreading the word to conserve water but on the other hand the reality is very much different. We are wasting precious rain water around 10 lakh litres.”

MCG took over Suncity Township in April 2019. The residents complained that the huge dug pits are left open which could pose serious risk to their safety, especially children playing in the park. Besides, the stagnated water in the pits has also become a breeding ground of mosquitoes, the residents said.

Source https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes. com/

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Infrastructure work hit, takeover of DLF areas delayed: Gurugram civic body

“As the lockdown restrictions eases, we will call a meeting of the MCG officials and DLF to review the status of work done for the handover and will then set a fresh deadline,” said Hariom Attri, joint commissioner-3, MCG.

GURUGRAM: The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has decided to extend the deadline set for DLF to complete the pending civic infrastructure work in DLF-1, 2 and 3 for their handover to the corporation.

“The deadline will be extended since there is shortage of manpower. No work was done in the last two months due to lockdown. As the lockdown restrictions eases, we will call a meeting of the MCG officials and DLF to review the status of work done for the handover and will then set a fresh deadline,” said Hariom Attri, joint commissioner-3, MCG.

In the meeting held in February, DLF had submitted a tentative timeline to complete the pending work between July and December.

However, the MCG officials found the timeline too long and had set a deadline of June 30.

“Around 70% to 80% of the work, related to roads have been completed in the DLF-1 and 2. This was the status before the lockdown was implemented. However, a majority of work is still pending in the DLF-3. We have not yet been able to convene a meeting and discuss the takeover,” said a senior MCG official.

DLF officials did not comment on the matter.

The takeover of DLF-1, 2 and 3 was announced by chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar in 2016.

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