Pay SAS only at BBMP centres

Pay SAS only at BBMP centres
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bangalore: Want to know where you can pay property tax? No banks, no BangaloreOne centres — you can pay the tax this time only at the BBMP help centres. With the BBMP commissioner’s final notification out, the property tax collection across the eight zones may begin from February 10.
BBMP commissioner S Subramanya said BBMP centres were chosen to reduce the confusion in tax collection, considering that this is the first year with a uniform SAS. “We will get in more options from next block year, based on taxpayers’ requirement’’ he said. Further, the palike is also experimenting on introducing an online mode of tax payment for the next year. At least 370 help centres will be set up across the city. As of now, 70 of them are functional, the remaining will be functional in a week’s time, he said. There will be one help centre for every 4,000 properties in the city. Not just property tax collection, the centres will soon extend services to collections in other areas as well. The details of all the centres will be posted on the web within a week.
The final notification of the commissioner published on January 31 has reverted to the SAS 2000 rates for both residential and non-residential properties for all the six zones. The commissioner’s final notification along with the revised zonal classification (based on ARO jurisdiction) will be made available on the BBMP website (www.bmponline.org) from Tuesday afternoon. Shortly, the application forms will also be made available online so that one can download them, fill it and submit it at the help centre. Further, the online tax calculator already available will also benefit many in easy and error-free calculations. What’s new this time?
Uniform SAS system for all areas under BBMP
Tax collections only at BBMP help centres
A property register maintained based on GIS mapping to help verify authenticity of property details
Online tax calculator for both residential and non-residential properties
Application forms made available online
Check www.bmponline.org