Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike [BBMP] — Re-assessment of tax for the years[protected]

Address:

RT Nagar, Bangalore

BBMP has issued a letter dated 15.11.21 regarding re-assessment of tax for the years[protected] yrs) for change of zone and to pay the difference together with interest & penalty.

First and foremost, the language of the letter is atrocious with words like "escapement", "evaded tax". Such words paint everyone as guilty for defaulting on tax payment and deliberately 'escaping' & 'evading' even when the payments have been made promptly every year.

Wonder where is the question of guilt when the taxes for the four years in question have been paid promptly either by obtaining challan from BBMP office or through online? When the zones were revised, the onus is on the BBMP to update its database to reflect the same with the corresponding tax amounts, so the correct tax is paid. Now to hold the honest tax-payer guilty & levying exorbitant penalty & a steep 24% interest for no fault is, to say the least, unfair & unethical.

Request BBMP to show compassion & reconsider the matter in view of the prevailing hard times and implement the revision with effect from 2022-23.

Abdul Rahman

PS: By the way, the revised computation in the letter does not show the deduction of 5% rebate.

Here are the details:

Old tax under 'D' Zone: 3640.32 x 4 yrs = 14561.28 + Cess @ 24% = 3494.72, Total = 18, 056.00

Revised tax under 'C' Zone: 4853.76 x 4 yrs = 19415.04 + Cess @ 24% = 4659.61, Total = 24, 074.65

Difference: 24074.65-18056.00 = 6018.66

Plus penalty (double of due amt): 6018.66*2 = 12037.32

Total: 6018.66+12037.32 = 18055.99