Tambaram corporation property tax online payment

CHENNAI: State municipal administration department has urged all municipalities and corporations other than the The director of municipal administration, P Ponniah, on August 13 issued a circular instructing local bodies to ensure delivery of online services in cases of filing self-assessment of property tax returns, levy and collection of property tax, application for name transfer of property tax and issue of name transfer orders. The urban tree information system website (tnurbanepay.tn.gov.in) should be used, the official directed, adding that this would be an improvement for the ease of doing business. When implemented, online services will bring a relief to lakhs of residents who live in areas governed by smaller local bodies like These are localities which have sprung up within 20-30km from Chennai, but the facilities and services are not comparable to those available in the city. V “The websites are totally unprofessional and look like blogger sites,” he said. Due to absence of online services, residents have to run from pillar-to-post for basic public sevices such as birth certificates or death certificates from local offices, he said. “Currentlhy, this work does not get done without payment of bribes. If services are brought online, payment of bribes can be eliminated,” he said. He cited a reply to an RTI application by Sriperumbudur town panchayat which denied receipt of any order or instruction to process online applications for new property tax assessment or w...