Gudiyattam Gudiyattam Town - Municipal
Gudiyattam Gudiyattam Town - Municipal
Gudiyattam Gudiyattam Town - Municipal
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Chapter ñ12 Final Report: <strong>Gudiyattam</strong> <strong>Municipal</strong>ity<br />
On comparing with other municipalities in Tamil Nadu, the household size<br />
(arrived from population and residential tax assessments) is 9.1, which is high.<br />
Thus it is imminent that the property tax mapping exercise needs to be taken<br />
up immediately to enhance the revenue generation of the municipality.<br />
Street naming and property numbering already undertaken by Govt. of Tamil<br />
Nadu needs to be linked to this to streamline the study. At the rate of Rs.30.00<br />
per property, the estimated cost for the project would be about Rs.5.00 lakhs.<br />
Property mapping would form a database for GIS projects (Land use and<br />
Utility Mapping), which is a long term project and in the rationalization of tax<br />
structure. The participation of the SHGs, (youth and women) could be utilized<br />
for the purpose.<br />
Identifying and including omitted Profession tax assesses - This project is to be<br />
linked to the property mapping exercise. An improvement of 20-30% on the<br />
existing tax base could be expected.<br />
2. Rebates on Property tax:<br />
Most of the collections take place during the last quarter of the year. This<br />
results in poor collection efficiency, wherein the ULB ends up collecting much<br />
less taxes than the tax demand raised. The option of providing rebates upto<br />
10% for ëearly birdsí paying the tax during the 1 st and 2 nd quarter could be<br />
explored. This would ensure timely spending on capital and operating<br />
expenditure and efficient tax management systems.<br />
3. Regular and periodic increment of property tax at 15% every 5 years.<br />
4. Mobilizing a ëFast Track Litigation Campaigní to settle disputes on<br />
properties.<br />
5. Levying Vacant Land Tax as per the recommendations of Third State<br />
Finance Commission. Empowering the municipality to convert non-<br />
claimed lands to socially benefiting uses.<br />
ii. Profession Tax Reform<br />
Revising the profession tax based on the Third State Finance Commission<br />
recommendations.<br />
iii Regularization of unapproved construction<br />
Regularization fees for unapproved constructions at the rate of 5 times the<br />
existing building license fee.<br />
Table 12-1: Road Map - Improving revenue from own sources<br />
Sl.No Reforms<br />
1<br />
Property tax Reform<br />
i Property Mapping √<br />
- 116 -<br />
Year of Implementation<br />
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5<br />
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