Rawalpindi: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board has served notices to 3,000 homeowners for using their property for commercial purposes, and have asked these people to submit the properties for tax assessment so that commercial tax can be levied on them, according to a news report. These homeowners have been given a deadline of 7 days for compliance.
According to the details, buildings have been rented out at high rents in the cantonment area but commensurate taxes are not being paid for these properties. 5-marla buildings, which are exempt from taxation and have a low amount of PKR 3,000 in water and sanitation charges, have been rented out for commercial purposes – which makes their annual tax around PKR 10,000—15,000. The practice is causing a loss of millions of rupees to the RCB.
The authorities are also taking steps to survey government land that has been encroached in RCB. Action will be taken against the encroachers based on the reports of the survey teams.
