Paying property tax just an SMS away

MBMC’s tax admin to go digital; also introduced: notifications on email

Soon, you won’t have to make rounds of the municipal office to find out about your property tax bills or to make payments towards the dues. As part of its e-governance initiative, the MiraBhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) is upgrading its system, wherein citizens will get details of their property tax bills through SMS and on registered email address.

The MBMC has collected Know Your Customer (KYC) details of around one lakh taxpayers. MBMC’s system manager and PRO Rajkumar Gharat said, “The KYC updating process is underway. Property tax notification will soon be sent to the taxpayers via registered e-mail and SMS, with a link that will facilitate payment options.”

Apart from introducing the e-mail and SMS service for taxpayers, the updated software will not only dig-out an arrear-wise list of defaulters, but will also generate day-to-day targets for the recovery staff at the ward level.

“This initiative is one of the many measures being implemented to increase the civic body’s revenue collection and ensure enhanced civic services and uninterrupted developmental work in the twin-city,” said civic chief Dilip Dhole.

“We have managed to collect Rs 52.38 crore so far in the current fiscal. While Rs 35.57 crore was collected physically via recovery drives and counter payments, more than Rs 16 crore has been collected via digital payments. Last year, the total collection was limited to just Rs 3.66 crore in the corresponding period,” said tax officer Sudam Godse.