My Mightier Pen: Online Property Tax Payment In Bangalore

Now a days, I have observed that a lot of people are evading property tax either due to ignorance or because they think that it is painful to stand in a queue in BBMP offices and converse in the local language. However, the reality is, evading or deferring the payment of property tax has its own disadvantages.

1. The tax payer loses the benefit of rebate if the tax is paid after certain specified date (most of the time, it is 30^th April of that assessment year)

2. The tax payer has to pay to the middleman commission charges along with the penalty/interest over and above the original property tax payable.

3. The tax payer has to run around to pay the dues in urgency when it becomes mandatory to apply for some other amenities like Cauvery water connection.

As Cauvery water connections are on spree, a lot of people are catching hold of middlemen/agents to pay their property tax when BBMP has made life of its citizens so easy to pay the property tax online. Let me try to explain these simple steps to pay the property tax sitting at home in a few mouse clicks.

Pre-requisite:

One should have the application number of the property tax paid for the assessment year 2008-09.

Here are the steps to pay the property tax online:

1. In your browser (Google chrome/Internet Explorer/Safari, etc.), go to the URL

http://1113.sasbbmp.com/Forms/frm_OnlinePayment_MainPage.aspx

2. If there are no changes in your property details within the last year, click Form IV. Otherwise, click Form V.

3. Click on “Year 2013-14” under the “Current Assessment Year”

4. It will open the following page:

5. Provide your 2008-09 assessment year’s property tax payment application number in the text box as shown below and press “Find” button in blue color.

6. It will show the name of the property owner. For illustration, it is shown as “MARUTI HARIDAS KAMAT $ 459 $ 2093738”

7. Click on the owner in the list as shown below and press the “Continue” button.

8. It will open your application form for the assessment year 2013-14 as shown below. You may update your contact number(s) and the postal address for correspondence. Other grayed out fields cannot be changed for the online payment.

9. Provide your BESCOM R. R. Number and BWSSB R. R. Number from the electricity bill and water bill respectively as highlighted. Also, if a borewell exists in the premises, select “Yes” radio button for “BOREWELL AVAILABILITY”

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11. Select the checkbox “I hereby agree for the above terms and conditions…” at the bottom and click the “Online Payment” button.

12. It will take you to the next page as shown below.

13. Select IDBI Bank option if and only if you want to pay through credit card or debit cards supporting VISA and Mastercard. Select ICICI Netbanking option only if you have a valid ICICI online account.

14. After clicking the “Proceed” button, it will take you to the gateway page where in you will have to specify the card details.

15. Fill in the required details and word verification as displayed and press the “Pay” button.

16. After the online password is verified, the payment will be successful which will take you to the following page. You may take a printout of the receipt by clicking the button “Print Receipt” which will download the “PDF” format of the receipt. It will require Acrobat Reader to open the document and take a printout. Save the details of Bank Transaction Number and Application Numbers (2008-09 and 2013-14) somewhere for later use.