Letter to the Editor

Dear Sir
The property tax collection by BBMP for the year 2008- 2009 shows how confused the BBMP is about this issue. It first began by changing the property tax collection system to CVS from SAS, then to UAV and latest being UAV with old SAS rate.
Now, if one calculates there is not much change in the revised tax if the building is used for residential purposes and comes under the same zone, but there are instances of increase of nearly 45% if there is ajump to next higher zone(E to D). We request the Government to notifY that irrespective of calculation the maximum increased tax to be paid by a citizen who resides in his/her own building amounts to maximum of 20%. This will help nearly 10 lac pensioners of Bangal

N. Mukund  Citizen Action Forum and Jayanagar 5th Block Residents Welfare Association