Last Updated on April 20, 2010

 

Operational glitches mars property tax payment

Shravana Kumar S

Bangalore, April 20: The property tax payment in the city has become difficult for the public due to operational glitches in the tax collection centers.

Bangalore One,the citizen service center that collects taxes and helps citizens in paying various bills, is unable to collect the property tax due to the problems in the up gradation of the software for the new financial year.

“Customers have been calling us every day, but we are not able to collect the property tax as the software is being fully upgraded,” said Danalakshmi, Manager in one of the Bangalore One center in the city.

There are 46 Bangalore One centers in the city and none of these centers have been able to collect the taxes, she said.

The Karnataka state government announced a five per cent rebate to people who pay the taxes by April 30, 2010. Since the centers are unable to collect the taxes, people in the southern Indian city would be no be able to get any benefits from this rebate

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