Gurugram: 1.3 lakh more properties under tax ambit after MCG survey

GURUGRAM: A property tax survey carried out by the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG)
has found that properties falling under the ambit of the tax have increased from 3.7 lakh to 5
lakh. This doesn’t include new areas added to MCG’s limits in December 2020. The civic body
has now invited objections, if any, from residents.
MCG officials said the tax assessment will be done once the data is updated after the objections
are received. The civic body had outsourced the work of conducting the survey to a private
consultancy firm and had assigned them the work in 2019. Officials said the firm took a long
time to complete the survey.
“When we hired the firm, we had around 3.7 lakh properties and by the end of the survey, 1.3
lakh more properties had been added to the tax net. It implies that around 5 lakh properties are
eligible to pay property tax and should pay their taxes,” said Dinesh Kumar, MCG zonal taxation
officer-2.
These properties include commercial, residential properties and plots.
Claims and objections can be raised on the online portal www.pmsharyana.com. For example, if
the surveyor has made an assessment that a property has an area of 5,000 sq yards and the
property owner says it is 4,000 sq yards, an objection can be filed online since tax bills will be
issued on the basis of the survey.
“After objections are raised, we will send an assessment notice to the property owners and bills
will be made accordingly. The bills will also include property dues, if any,” Kumar added.
Officials said the addition of new properties under the tax ambit will add to the corporation’s
revenue. MCG’s income from property tax in 2021-22 is estimated to be Rs 1,235 crore. It has,
however, collected only around Rs 133 crore till now