City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal

Chapter ñ 9 Final Report: Ambur Municipality
Table 9-1- Property Tax Components
S.No Particulars % (Per Annum)
1 General 8%
2 Scavenging 2%
3 Lighting 6%
4 Water Tax 12%
5 Sewerage Tax 1%
6 Education 5%
Total 34%
The total number of property tax assessments is 13605 Nos. the breakup of which is
as below :
Table 9-2- Property Tax Assessments
S.No Particulars Nos.
1 Domestic 11140
2 Commercial 2380
3 Industrial 68
4 State Government Properties 17
5 Public Sector Undertakings -
Total 13605
The last revision of Property Tax was carried out on 01.10.1998.The total property tax
collections during the last 6 years ended 2006-07 is as below :
Table 9-3- Property Tax ñ Growth during last 6 years
S.No Year Rs. in lacs % Growth Rate
1 2001-02 102.96 -
2 2002-03 106.06 3.01%
3 2003-04 110.61 4.29%
4 2004-05 116.74 5.54%
5 2005-06 114.94 (1.54%)
6 2006-07 97.80 (14.91%)
It may be observed from the above that the average property tax collection is
around Rs. 115 lacs per annum and average growth over the years is around 3%.The
demand and collection of property tax over the last 6 years is as below :
Table 9-4 - Property Tax ñ Demand Collection %
S.No Property Tax 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
1 Demand
2 Collection
- Current 110.09 112.98 118.64 124.43 124.59 124.40
- Arrears 157.15 168.61 164.56 186.55 198.46 190.19
Total 267.24 281.59 283.20 310.98 323.05 314.59
- Current 50.64 58.69 60.67 62.21 63.85 69.83
- Arrears 47.99 57.08 38.32 40.74 45.76 57.35
Total 98.63 115.77 98.99 102.95 109.61 127.18
3 Collection %
- Current 46% 52% 51% 50% 51% 56%
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