D R Prakash, Author at Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Glitches galore in BBMP property tax payment system

May 11, 2017 D R Prakash

It’s that time of the year when everyone pays property tax in Bengaluru, to get the benefit of 5% rebate. But all is not well with property tax payment system. What’s wrong?

How to pay property tax for the year 2016-17

May 5, 2016 D R Prakash

BBMP Property tax payment cycle is underway. Here’s a guide that explains the process and lists the problems, along with the changes introduced this year. Note: This article was originally published on April 18th, and

Dear BBMP, please give us 10% rebate in property tax payments!

April 4, 2016 D R Prakash

New hiked tariff, changed zones and tariff change because of it, no upgradation of property tax calculator – BBMP is not yet ready to collect property tax for 2016-17.

How to pay property tax for 2014-15 in Bengaluru?

April 13, 2014 D R Prakash

Puzzled about how to pay property tax? Here’s how you can do it without much hassle!

Why should people pay full amount for LPG?

November 28, 2013 D R Prakash

Why can’t gas agencies take the subsidy from bank account directly, why people have to pay extra?

Governance

Pay Property Tax for the year 2013-14

April 4, 2013 D R Prakash

A step-by-step guide on how to pay your property tax, from the comfort of your home.

Guide for property tax payment 2012-13

May 7, 2012 D R Prakash

White form? Blue form? What is PID? How do you calculate the tax? All these questions are answered here in this property guide.

Governance

Guide to paying property tax 2011-12

April 13, 2011 D R Prakash

A step by step guide to paying property tax to Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike, for the coming year 2011-12. You can pay at the BBMP citizen centres or online.

Extend rebate period for property tax

April 18, 2010 D R Prakash

IT has been announced recently for the collection of tax for the year 2010-11 with a rebate of 5% only upto 30th April 2010. This period being the bottleneck of the year, where previous years

Making of a garbage free zone

August 9, 2009 D R Prakash

Osborne road becomes garbage free, entire neighbourhood expected to follow suit.

Guide to paying property tax 2009-10

July 7, 2009 D R Prakash

A step by step guide to paying property tax to Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike, for the year 2009-10.

Tax payers money for government rally

March 4, 2009 D R Prakash

The government spent our tax money to conduct the recent Anti Terror Awareness rally, instead of getting experts to visit every institution, discuss the issue and create awareness in a proper way.

Step by step guide to paying property tax

February 23, 2009 D R Prakash

Read on for how to fill the tax form and pay your property tax.