{"id":62258,"date":"2020-03-04T16:04:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T11:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62258"},"modified":"2020-03-04T16:07:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T11:07:54","slug":"punjab-govt-cancel-tax-notices-rmc-ucs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-cancel-tax-notices-rmc-ucs.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt to cancel 10-year tax notices sent to residents of 24 UCs in Rawalpindi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi: The Punjab government has decided to cancel the 10-year property tax notices sent to the residents of the 24 newly-merged Union Councils (UCs) of Rawalpindi Metropolitan Corporation (RMC) \u2013 a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/new-union-councils-to-be-added-to-the-tax-net-in-rawalpindi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"New union councils to be added to the tax net in Rawalpindi (opens in a new tab)\">New union councils to be added to the tax net in Rawalpindi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These UCs had been merged into the RMC, following which the\nresidents had been sent property tax notices for a period running up to 10\nyears prior. Now the government has decided to cancel these notices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar had recently taken notice\nof the matter and has now formally approved the decision to withdraw the\nnotices. Reportedly, an official notification on the matter will be issued soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, in a bid to add transparency to the process, the Rawalpindi Development Authority has decided to outsource the process of field inspection. The authority has invited bids for Expression of Interest from interested firms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gujranwala-excise-sends-tax-notices-to-owners-of-vacant-plots.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Gujranwala Excise sends tax notices to owners of vacant plots (opens in a new tab)\">Gujranwala Excise sends tax notices to owners of vacant plots<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The building inspectors would be authorised to issue notices\nto the owners of illegal buildings and initiate action against them.\nConsequently, it would become mandatory for the owners of such constructions to\nget their structures regularised after paying heavy fines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources added that the buildings that could not be brought\nunder the legal bracket would be demolished, followed by legal action against\nthe owners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The Punjab government has decided to cancel the 10-year property tax notices sent to the residents of the 24 newly-merged Union Councils (UCs) of Rawalpindi Metropolitan Corporation (RMC) \u2013 a news source reported. Read: New union councils to be added to the tax net in Rawalpindi These UCs had been merged into the RMC, following which the residents had been sent property tax notices for a period running up to 10 years prior. Now the government has decided to cancel these notices. Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar had recently taken notice of the matter and has now formally approved the decision to withdraw the notices. Reportedly, an official notification on the matter will be issued soon. Meanwhile, in a bid to add transparency to the process, the Rawalpindi Development Authority has decided to outsource the process of field inspection. The authority has invited bids for Expression of Interest from interested firms. Read: Gujranwala Excise sends tax notices to owners of vacant plots The building inspectors would be authorised to issue notices to the owners of illegal buildings and initiate action against them. Consequently, it would become mandatory for the owners of such constructions to get their structures regularised after&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":61600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015],"tags":[21845],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"tag-punjab-govt-to-cancel-10-year-tax-notices-sent-to-residents-of-24-ucs-in-rawalpindi","9":"cat-15015-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab govt to cancel tax notices to RMC UCs - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: The Punjab government has decided to cancel the 10-year property tax notices sent to the residents of the 24 newly-merged Union Councils (UCs)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-cancel-tax-notices-rmc-ucs.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab govt to cancel tax notices to RMC UCs - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: The Punjab government has decided to cancel the 10-year property tax notices sent to the residents of the 24 newly-merged Union Councils (UCs)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-cancel-tax-notices-rmc-ucs.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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