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Process of Paying Land Tax Online

Prahalad Singh

Land Tax Introduction

Property tax or Land tax is an annual tax paid by the owner of the property in their area to local government or municipal corporations. Property tax is applicable to any type of property whether it is land, office buildings, intangible property, and even improvements made to the land. If you own any kind of real estate, you are required to pay property tax for the same every year. Thanks to the Internet, you no longer need to go to the municipal office to pay property tax. Various municipal departments now have their official websites or by downloading their municipal body’s app on their mobile phones where you can pay property tax online within minutes.

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Process of Making Land Tax Payment Online

It is very easy to pay your Land Tax online following these simple steps:

  1. Visit the Official Website of Your Municipality or Select the corporation
  2. Look for Property Tax Option
  3. Fill in the required details such as- Property ID, Name, Address, Email ID, Phone Number, etc.
  4. Verify Details
  5. Click on ‘Get Tax Amount’
  6. After checking the payable tax amount, select payment method i.e., Debit Card, Credit Card, Net Banking, Paytm Wallet or UPI (UPI is only available with Paytm App)
  7. Proceed with the payment and receive Challan

Documents Required

If you have a property tax bill, which is usually given by your municipality at the property address, you do not need any documents to pay the property tax. This bill contains all the details that you have to enter while paying house tax online.

Penalty And Reward

You can draw an additional 20% late fee for your property tax for not paying on or before the due date. If you pay the entire tax in a lump sum in the first quarter of the year, you can also get a 15% rebate on your property tax. Pay your property tax online before your due date to avoid late fees.

Rebates on Land Tax

Civic body across the country offers various rebates to taxpayers based on numerous factors such as ag of the owner, nature of the area, property’s occupancy, usage of the property, the income of the owner, age of the property, etc.

Importance of Paying Land Tax

Property tax or land tax helps in providing funds to local area bodies such as cleaning your area, proper supply of water, maintenance of roads, drainage, etc. 

FAQs

Is property tax applicable to vacant land?

Land tax is applicable to any kind of vacant land unless the land is used for agriculture purposes only.

Which Are Exempted Property?

Any property that is used for religious prayer, public burial, cremation, and heritage land is exempt from the property. Any building that is used for charitable, educational, or agricultural purposes is also exempt from property tax.

Land Tax In Case of Joint Ownership

Both owners are liable to pay a portion of the property tax according to their respective shares in the property.

Who Imposes Land Tax?

Municipal Corporation imposes different methods to calculate the annual value of your property and impose a tax rate once or twice in an assessment year.

How is the Land Tax Calculated?

Land tax based on various factors such as size, location, and amenities. Civic bodies of your area attach an annual value to properties for land tax collection purposes. However, they use different methodologies to arrive at this calculation. Three land value calculation methods are mainly applied by many local bodies in India, to establish this annual payment liability i.e. annual rental value system, unit area value system, and capital value-based system

What is Integrated Revenue e-Payment System?

An online payment system has been introduced in online active villages since 2015, as an additional feature of ReLIS enables citizens to pay various taxes online from anywhere at any time. The public can pay the amount directly through the village offices or through this system.

The amount collected will be efficiently transferred to the government treasury and accounts will be digitally managed at all revenue offices. The application is also equipped for the collection of revenue collection dues and disbursement of welfare funds whenever the situation demands.

Its main objective is to reduce the scope of land/property disputes, increase transparency in the land record maintenance system, and ultimately towards the guaranteed titles of immovable properties in the country under the National Land Records Coordination Program. The web application is designed to allow payment of land tax, service of online mutations, and revival reform. It can also be accessed through your mobile / tab.

Land Tax Kerala

As every municipality has its own website, the online property tax procedure may be slightly different from what is stated above. However, in most cases, it is more or less the same. The Kerala government has introduced its land tax online payment system known as Revenue Land Information System (ReLIS). The project was initiated in 2011 and it was revised in 2015 in order for better combination with all the stakeholder departments.

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