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Property tax can be filed till July 20

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Succumbing to pressure from its Councillors, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Wednesday extended the last date for filing property tax with 10 per cent rebate till July 20.

The Municipal Corporation claimed that a large number of taxpayers failed to avail of the 15 per cent rebate before the June 30 deadline as the civic body's Citizen Services Bureaus and zonal offices could not cater to the huge rush of taxpayers, particularly on June 29 and 30.

Hence, the Councillors said, the taxpayers should be given one more chance to file their returns with some concession.

Raising the issue at the Standing Committee meeting, the Councillors said though earlier it was decided that there would be no extension of deadline, it was necessary to extend the deadline at least once as people had to face inconvenience in depositing their tax due to the Municipal Corporation's failure.

Subsequently, Standing Committee Chairman Jai Kishan Sharma asked Commissioner A.K. Nigam to give Delhiites one more chance to deposit their tax with rebate.

Mr. Sharma also asked the civic body authorities to publicise the decision widely so that more people could be benefited from it.

However, it was decided that the deadline would not be extended further and that all offices receiving property tax forms would remain open on Saturdays and Sundays also.

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