A guide to paying Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) property tax in Ahmedabad

Owners of residential properties in Ahmedabad, are liable to pay property tax to the every year. The AMC has one of the more user-friendly and technologically advanced property tax payment systems in the country and this is evident in the fact that property tax payments increased significantly, at the beginning of the 2017-18 financial year.

The AMC had offered a 10 per cent rebate to property tax defaulters who cleared all their dues at the start of the financial year in 2017. Owing to this rebate, in the 45 days between April 1 and May 15, 2017, the AMC received Rs 282 crores as property tax payment. The amount was Rs 23.72 lakhs more than the AMC collected in the same time period, in 2016.

The AMC is one of the few municipal bodies in the country that enables its citizens to pay their property tax dues through its mobile app. In May 2017, the AMC said that the number of property tax payments through the ‘Ahmedabad AMC’ app increased 25-fold, as compared to the previous year. It also registered a 21 per cent increase in cashless transactions, between April 1 and May 15, 2017, leading to an overall 132 per cent increase in property tax collection, as compared to the previous year. It reported that there was an eight per cent drop in the number of cash transactions for property tax payments, an objective that most municipal bodies all over the country are trying to achieve.

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How to calculate property tax in Ahmedabad

The AMC calculates property tax payable on a property based on its capital value. This system of calculation has been in effect since 2001 and takes into consideration the following factors – location of the property, type of property, age of property and its usage in Ahmedabad. The formula for manual calculation of property tax is as follows:

Property tax = Area x Rate x (f1 x f2 x f3 x f4 x fn)

Where,

f1 = weightage given to the location of the property

f2 = weightage given to the type of property

f3 = weightage given to the age of the property

f4 = weight assigned to residential buildings

fn = weight assigned to the user of the property

The values attached to all the above weights are available on the AMC’s website.

How to pay property tax in Ahmedabad?

The fastest way to pay your property tax to the AMC is online on its website, or through the ‘Ahmedabad AMC’ mobile android app.

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Once you enter your ‘Tenement Number’, you will be shown the amount that you owe as property tax. If you are making the payment online or through the app, you can use internet banking, or your debit/credit card. You can also pay your tax manually at any of the city’s civic centres.

Note: AMC collects half-yearly property tax payments and the last dates for payments are usually March 31 and October 15, every year. However, this is subject to change at the AMC’s discretion. Defaults and delays in payment invite a two per cent per month penalty and the penalty amount is added to the next property tax bill.

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Pay AMC property tax on Paytm

Property tax payers can also pay their dues on Paytm, by following a few simple steps:

*Visit the Paytm AMC Property Tax landing page.

*Enter the property number and proceed to the payment page.

*Make the payment using your Paytm wallet, UPI, credit card or debit card.

AMC: Latest updates for taxpayers

AMC to recover dues from commercial property owners

The AMC has estimated that Rs 1,400 crores is still pending from commercial property owners in the city. In a recovery spree, the tax department of the civic body has sealed 203 units across western Ahmedabad. Most of these owners have dues piled up over the last three to four years and to the tune of Rs 50,000 and upwards. Over 400 units have already been served notices in this regard.

Civic body revises budget, no hike in property tax

The AMC standing committee has proposed a revised budget of Rs 8,051 crores for the financial year 2021-22, up from Rs 7,475 crores that was mentioned in the draft budget submitted by municipal commissioner Mukesh Kumar, on March 24, 2021.

Additionally, there was no hike in vehicle, property, water and conservancy taxes. For all residential properties with an area of 40 sq metres, a tax rebate of 100% has been offered.

How to contact the AMC?

For any query regarding AMC services , you may call 155303. For any query pertaining online payments of property and professional Tax , you can contact on the following numbers or write to info@ahmedabadcity.gov.in

079-27556182
079-27556183
079-27556184
079-27556187

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(With inputs from Sneha Sharon Mammen)