Tourism: Tourism To Get A Enhance As Up To Amend Property Tax Guidelines | Lucknow Information

LUCKNOW: After a spot of just about a decade, the state authorities is ready to amend the property tax guidelines and implement it from the subsequent monetary 12 months.
The city improvement division had determined to amend the principles for calculation of tax for sure properties by introducing the draft guidelines within the first week of July. The division has obtained 9 options and objections to the draft.
The amended proposal can be put up earlier than the cupboard for approval and can be notified thereafter. Property tax guidelines have been final amended in 2013-14.
Whereas the charges of residential and non-residential buildings will stay unchanged, the division has supplied rest to operators of starred lodge properties to spice up tourism and employment within the state.
Equally, provisions have been required to tell apart between mattress and breakfast lodging and homestays from different funds lodges and guesthouses which can be liable to pay the tax as per norms.
Out of the 9 objections, eight have been filed by varied stakeholders from Agra, the town which attracts about 60% of the overall international vacationers visiting Uttar Pradesh. Agra has over 2,000 lodges.
The necessity for modification was felt because the tourism division has accorded business standing to starred properties and has assured such operators that the home tax, water sewerage tax and different municipal prices shall be levied in keeping with the charges prescribed for industrial models. As soon as the brand new rule is notified, starred properties, that are liable to pay as much as six instances of the bottom fee, can be levied solely thrice the bottom fee.
Nonetheless, funds lodges, visitor homes and different lodging will proceed to pay six instances the bottom fee as property tax.
In a letter to the federal government, president of the Agra-based Nationwide Chamber of Industries and Commerce, Rajesh Goyal, had appealed that the property tax construction ought to be the identical for each starred and funds properties.
“Larger gamers will get a rebate whereas the smaller ones must bear the burden. The state authorities ought to hold comparable prices for all,” stated one of many stakeholders from Agra who didn’t want to be recognized.
Principal secretary, city improvement, Amrit Abhijat stated that the response to the queries raised by the stakeholders can be issued together with correct justification.