Bengaluru Buyers Complain of Double Tax on Corner Site Development
Representative AI Image BENGALURU: Some allottees are finding that a few extra square meters can almost double their property tax based on the BDA’s current policy. Owners of irregularly-sized plots argue that the existing slab-based rates unfairly penalize them, despite their properties using the same facilities as standard plots. They maintain that only the excess area should be taxed at a higher rate, yet the current system applies the increased rate across their entire site. For the past five years, concerns have been raised by allottees regarding a 2016 BDA resolution on vacant-property taxation, which they deem flawed. Owners of…