Congress flays AMC property tax formula

AHMEDABAD, Aug 8: Ahmedabad City Congress has opposed the new formula for estimation of property tax by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. In a release on Sunday, City Congress president Raj Kumar Gupta threatened to launch an agitation if the new formula was not withdrawn soon.

He said that by formulating new formula for the property tax AMC had burdened the citizens of Ahmedabad with heavy tax in this period of recession. He further said the new formula would plunge the economy of Ahmedabad city into peril.

Meanwhile, Consumer Protection and Action Committee Gujarat State alleged that the AMC was making haphazard estimation of property tax in the city, due to which the people of Ahmedabad faced serious problems. They also alleged that the tax collection department of AMC was corrupt.