New Town Soon to Introduce Unit Area Tax - Buy Property in Kolkata

In New Town, there will be an introduction to the unit-area system by the New Town Kolkata Development Authority for collecting water and Property taxes from the bulk customers. The city failed to make it to top 20 in the smart city list as it ranked 30^th. However, the authorities are hopeful that the city will feature itself in the second list.

The authorities are eager to make it to the second list for which they are already preparing themselves and they are working full-time for the quick execution of the unit area system in New Town. The documents for the same are in the process of being prepared. Along with numerous facilities, there will be web-based property tax system through which there will be online tax collection. The service will also provide synchronization if tax data and land on the same database.

After getting ago ahead earlier, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority asked the West Bengal valuation Board to make a yearly valuation of the Kolkata Properties especially those present in the township. After the discussion, the authorities have decided to opt for the assessment of the unit area as it is said to be appropriate with the modern smart city concept.

The New Town Kolkata Development Authority Act was revised after much analysis and enquiry which not only gave the authorities the power to collect and impose property tax from the people residing in the townships but also allowed the authorities to act as a municipal authority. As per the authorities New Town is still a township that is developing and there are numerous factors like permitted floor area ratio and current market price of the land for commercial land areas were taken into the consideration for the new or upcoming structure of the tax. This will be a positive and improving step towards Property in Kolkata and this might lead it to make enter into the second list of smart cities.