I went to pay my annual property tax…luckily for me, helpful neighbours informed me that the office where I would have to pay had shifted from the Koramangala complex to a building on a road near Ranga Shankara…otherwise, like a friend of mine, I would have wasted some time on a visit to that office.
When I went at 3.30pm to the J P Nagar office, I found a few people in the queue…I got the form and the booklet, but was NOT given,even though I repeatedly asked for it, the booklet that would let me know in which "zone" my apartment building was included. (The zone has changed since the 2000 SAS evaluation.)
Also, though there is a board with some "worked-out" examples at the office, no one could possibly stand in front of it and do hes own calculations. So I would caution everyone that before filling in the forms, they must have the following information:
1. Plinth area (or built-up area) or their residence/apartment.
2. The PID no. (which is given on the last receipt.)
3. All the calculations of the amounts based on the square footage of their residence, the cess applicable on the tax, the depreciation on the buiding (which goes up commensurate to the age of the building), and the 5% rebate on the tax.
4. Cash or the cheque with the correct amount written in, and duly crossed.
Even after having all these ready, I would suggest that one brings home the form, sits down comfortably…and first fills in the form in pencil, and then, when one is sure that all the details have been filled in properly, fill it in ink. I would also suggest that they buy an extra form, which costs only Rs.5, and fill that in,too, and keep it as their record of the working out of the tax.
Today, it took me some time to fill in the form, by which time, the queue had lengthened quite a bit. I had some urgent work that could not wait, so when I came back, I found the power off, only one clerk instead of the afternoon’s four, working in the light of a candle. So I gave up the attempt to pay today, and came away; I will go at 3pm tomorrow and pay it.
So…it’s not the easiest task to pay your property taxes; I saw several people being turned away because there was some mistake or the other in their forms. This is NOT a five-minute procedure, so please be prepared to spend time over it. At the J P Nagar office, there was no one to help us with filling our forms.
Also, after the 15th or the 20th, as the end of the rebate period nears, there are likely to be more people at the counters, so the waiting period may be longer.
I must also mention that the office building did not have any shade to shelter the people who had come to pay their taxes…. ⊕
An official at the “Gottigere BBMP office” by name ” H.V.Rajendra ” asked for a bribe of Rs.200 for issuing the tax receipts for the property tax payment.Finally he settled for Rs.100. This is so shameful.We had paid property tax for 5 applications in the name of “Raghavendra Kulkarni”, ” Prakash Kulkarni”,”Sushma Kulkarni”,”Vinayak Deshpande” and “Santosh Deshpande” on 15th March,2009, Sunday at the same office and were asked to collect the receipts on Tuesday,17th March,2009.The other officials at this office are honest and sincere. It is because of some corrupt people like Mr.H.V.Rajendra that the other officials come under the scanner.I wish some action could be taken at the root level.
I think this information is quite useful and helps in knowing the facts and accordingly plan out.
I also need to pay out my House Tax in J.P NAGAR BMP Office as instructed by JayaNagar BMp Office.
Please someone share the address of J.P Nagar BMP Office….
For: JP Nagar 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th Stage Sarakki, Shakambari Nagar, Dollars Scheme Colony, Marenahalli.
Ward 57 Office, 21st Main Road, Near Bank of Baroda, 2nd stage, Opp Garden, JP Nagar, Bangalore 78
Contact: Ashok C N (AE) (9980270677), C Ramachandra (9739042719)
For: Ikoba Nagar, BTM 1st and 2nd Stage, NS Palya, Mico Layout, Vysya Bank Colony, Kaverappa Industrial Layout, IAS Colony, KAS Officers Colony, EWS Colony, Jagajivan Ram Nagar, Venkateshwara Layout, Dollars Colony
Ward 66 Office, 16th Main, Inside the Garden, BTM 1st stage, Bangalore
Contact Mahadevaiah (AE) – 9945552600, Shivadarshan – 9739979155, Madaiah – 9739979149
Can also pay at these banks:
Corporation Bank, 3rd phase JP Nagar
Dena Bank, 3rd Phase JP Nagar
Canara Bank, BTM Layout
State Bank of Mysore, BTM Layout