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After introducing a discount to those paying their complete property tax amount within the first three months of the financial year, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) managed to to achieve half its revenue collection target from property tax for 2025-26.
However, the heavy rush to pay taxes on the last day led to the PMC property tax website crashing. So the deadline to avail the tax discount has been extended till July 7.
Property tax collection by the PMC property was Rs 1,244.5 crore till June 30, as against the estimated target of Rs 2,500 crore for 2025-26, said Avinash Sakpal, civic property tax department incharge.
There are 14.43 lakh registered properties in PMC area and 7,10,553 paid their taxes till date.
“The PMC property tax website had technical issues due to a large number of citizens rushing to pay the tax on the last day of availing the discount and avoiding penalties,” said additional municipal commissioner Prithviraj B P.
He said the PMC has extended the deadline for paying tax without penalty till July 7.
The PMC provides a rebate of 5 to 10 percent on the general tax on property for those paying it by June 30. An appeal has been made to citizens to avail the benefit by paying tax by July 7. Citizen Facilitation Centres would be open on all days from 10 am to 4 pm for citizens.
The citizens can also pay tax through netbanking, credit card, debit card, Bharat QR code, UPU-GooglePay, UPI-PhonPe, Mobile Wallet, Paytm, Amazon pay and NEFT RTGS.
