Interest waiver on property tax arrears helps improve collections in AP
Deccan ChronicleVijayawada: Waiver of interest on arrears of property tax, up to March 31, 2023, has helped AP improve its tax collections to an extent of Rs. The department of municipal administration and urban development issued an order on March 16, offering to waive the interest on the arrears and on the current demand of property tax up to the year 2022-2023 as a one-time settlement across municipalities and municipal corporations. A simple interest at the rate of two per cent per month will be charged in case of any failure to pay property tax by June end for the first half year and by December end for the second half year. We cleared all dues to avail the benefit.” A municipal administration official said, “The waiver of interest on property tax dues has improved tax collections.