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The Salem Corporation has taken steps to cod the pending taxes and h2o charges to the tune of implicit ₹200 crore.
The Salem Corporation collects property tax, nonrecreational tax, and h2o charges from the nationalist residing in 60 wards of the Corporation. While the Corporation has been trying to collect 100% taxation from the nationalist each year, it has been incapable execute the people owed to assorted reasons. There are 2.15 lakh people who wage property taxes and 1.20 lakh radical wage h2o charges each year.
In the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26, the Salem Corporation collected ₹177.95 crore successful taxes successful the 4 zones, which is 60% of its full taxation people (₹296.58 crore). In April alone, during the fiscal twelvemonth 2026-27, the Corporation collected ₹22 crore arsenic spot taxes and h2o charges.
Salem Corporation is present taking steps to cod the pending taxation for the past fewer years, which is implicit ₹200 crore. As portion of this, it was announced that the taxation postulation centres astatine 4 zonal offices volition relation connected holidays, including Saturdays and Sundays and the nationalist shall wage the taxes astatine the zonal offices.
Corporation officials said that each fiscal year, successful March alone, the Corporation receives 25% of the taxes. Due to the Assembly elections this year, the unit were incapable to absorption connected taxation collection, which resulted successful lone 60% of the collection. People are besides encouraged to wage the taxes online through tnurbanepay.tn.gov.in, officials added.
