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BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE

Office of Chief Commissioner, NR Square, Bengaluru – 560002

080-2297 5500 [email protected]

No. Ch. Comm/JC(R)/PR/3329/2023-24 Date: 20-02-2024

Draft Notification

No. Ch.Comm/JC(R)/PR/3329/2023-24, Dated:- 20th February, 2024

The

draft

notification

determining

the

Unit

Area

Value

by

the

Chief Commissioner, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike in pursuance to the

Explanation to sub-section (5) of section 144 of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara

Palike Act, 2020, (Karnataka Act 53 of 2020) is hereby published as required by

the proviso to the said Explanation for the information of the persons likely to be

affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft will be taken into

consideration after 15 days from the date of publication in the official Gazette.

Any

objection

or

suggestion,

which

may

be

received

by

the

Chief Commissioner, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike from any person with

respect to the said draft before the expiry of the period specified above will be

considered by the Chief Commissioner, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike.

Objections or suggestions may be addressed to the Chief Commissioner, Bruhat

Bangalore

Mahanagara

Palike,

NR

Square,

Bangalore-560

002.

Email address: [email protected].

Tushar Giri Nath, IAS

Chief Commissioner

Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike

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Part – III

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BENGALURU, TUESDAY, 20, FEBRUARY, 2024(PHALGUNA, 01, SHAKAVARSHA, 1945)

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No. 99

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Guidance Value Based Property Tax System

(1) Property Tax for Residential properties/lands and Residential vacant lands.

Broadly, the property tax has two components.

(i)

PT Portion arising out of Land/Property (including the apartments/

flats)

Property

Tax

for

Tenanted

property/lands per Sq.ft. Per year =

0.2%

of

the

Guidance

value

of

the

property/land as prescribed u/s 45B of

Karnataka stamps Act,1957 (in per Sq.ft)

Property

Tax

for

self-occupied

property/lands per Sq.ft. Per year =

0.1%

of

the

Guidance

value

of

the

property/land and as prescribed u/s 45B of

Karnataka stamps Act,1957 (in per Sq.ft)

Property Tax for fully vacant land =

in per Sq Foot per year

0.025% of the Guidance value of the land as

prescribed U/S 45B of Karnataka stamps

Act,1957 (in per Sq.ft)

In case of building on a land, the cost of the building shall be depreciated @ 3%

per annum subject to upper limit of 60%.

(ii)

PT Portion arising out of building (other than Apartments/Flats)

Property Tax for Tenanted building

per Sq.ft. Per year =

0.2% of the [construction cost of the building

minus 3% depreciation per year capped at

60%] (in per Sq. ft)

Property

Tax

for

self-occupied

building per Sq.ft. Per year =

0.1% of the [construction cost of the building

minus 3% depreciation per year capped at

60%] (in per Sq. ft)

The construction cost per Sq. ft of residential building shall be taken as

Rs.1500/-.

Hence overall property tax as sum of above two items –

Property Tax Per Year

=

[PT per Sq.ft arising out of land/property x

total plot or flat area] + [PT per Sq.ft arising

out of Building (other than Flats) x total

building area] (if applicable)

(2) Property Tax for Non-Residential properties/lands (all purposes other than

industrial and Star Hotels) and Non-Residential vacant lands (all purposes other

than industrial and Star Hotels)

Broadly, the property tax has two components

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(i)

PT Portion arising out of Land/Property (including apartments/ flats

put to non-residential use)

Property

Tax

for

non-residential

property/ lands per Sq.ft. per year =

0.5%

of

the

Guidance

value

of

the

property/land as prescribed u/s 45B of

Karnataka stamps Act,1957 (in per Sq.ft)

Property Tax for fully vacant land =

in per Sq Foot per year

0.025% of the Guidance value of the land as

prescribed u/s 45B of Karnataka stamps

Act,1957 (in per Sq.ft)

In case of building on a land, the cost of the building shall be depreciated @ 3% per

annum subject to upper limit of 60%.

(ii)

PT

Portion

arising

out

of

non-residential

buildings

(other

than

Apartments/Flats, Industrial and Star Hotels)

Property Tax for both tenanted and

self-occupied building per Sq.ft.

Per year =

0.5% of the [construction cost of the building

minus 3% depreciation per year capped at

60%] (in per Sq. ft)

The construction cost per Sq,ft of Non-Residential (all purposes other than

industrial and Star Hotels) building shall be taken as Rs.2000/-.

Hence overall property tax as sum of above two items –

Property Tax Per Year

=

[PT per Sq.ft arising out of land/property x total

area of plot or flat] + [PT per Sq.ft arising out of

Building (other than Flats) x total building area]

(if applicable)

(3) Property Tax for Non-Residential properties/lands (Star Hotels)

Broadly, the property tax has two components.

(i)

PT Portion arising out of Land/Property

Property

Tax

for

Star

Hotels

property/lands per Sq.ft. Per year

=

0.75%

of

the

Guidance

value

of

the

property/land as prescribed U/S 45B of

Karnataka stamps Act,1957 (is per Sq.ft)

In case of building on a land, the cost of the building shall be depreciated @ 3%

per annum subject to upper limit of 60%.

(ii)

PT Portion arising out of Non-Residential Buildings (Star Hotels)

Property

Tax

for

Star

Hotel

building per Sq.ft. per year =

0.75% of the [construction cost of the building

minus 3% depreciation per year capped to 60%]

(in per Sq. ft)

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The construction cost per square foot of Non-Residential (Star Hotels)

building shall be taken as Rs.4000/-.

Hence overall property tax as sum of above two items –

Property Tax Per Year

=

[PT per Sq.ft arising out of land/ property x total

area of land/plot] + [PT per Sq.ft arising out of

Building x total building area]

(4) Property Tax for Non-Residential (Industrial) properties/lands and Non-

Residential (Industrial) fully vacant lands.

Broadly, the property tax has two components.

(iii)

PT Portion arising out of Land/Property

Property Tax for both tenanted and

self-occupied Industrial property/

lands per Sq.ft. per year =

0.3% of the Guidance value of the property/land

as prescribed u/s 45B of Karnataka stamps

Act,1957 (is per Sq.ft)

Property Tax for fully vacant land

in per Sq Foot per year =

0.025% of the Guidance value of the land as

prescribed u/s 45B of Karnataka stamps

Act,1957 (in per Sq.ft)

In case of building on a land, the cost of the building shall be depreciated @ 3%

per annum subject to upper limit of 60%.

(iv)

PT Portion arising out of industrial buildings (other than

Apartments/Flats)

Property Tax for both tenanted and

self-occupied building per Sq.ft.

per year =

0.3% of the [construction cost of the building

minus 3% depreciation per year capped to 60%]

(in per Sq. ft)

The construction cost per square foot of Non-Residential (Industrial)

building shall be taken as Rs.2000/-.

Hence overall property tax as sum of above two items –

Property Tax Per Year

=

[PT per Sq. Ft arising out of land/ property x

total area of land/plot] + [PT per Sq. Ft arising

out of Building (other than Flats) x total building

area] (if applicable)

Note: In case of Public Sector Industrial Buildings and Properties/lands the

applicable property tax rate shall be fifty percent of rates applicable for other

industrial units (both land/properties and the buildings).

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(5) Property Tax for houses which are the hutments, housing for poor by

Government, houses declared as Slum by Karnataka Slum Development Board or

by the BBMP (all having area less than 300 square feet and self-occupied).

Annual composite property tax (lump sum) of Rs 300 (rupees three hundred only)

plus Cess at applicable percentages.

(6) Service Charges for properties exempted from payment of Property Tax.

Service charges shall be paid with respect to the properties or land or both, excluding

places for worship, which are exempted under section 152 of the BBMP Act, 2020, at a

rate of 25% of the otherwise payable Property Tax for Non-Residential Category (2) in

this Notification plus cess at applicable rates.

(7) Property Tax on Telecommunication Towers, Hoardings/billboards or

Electronic Devices affixed on buildings or lands.

Rs 20000 (rupees twenty thousand) per year per telecommunication tower/per

hoarding/per electronic device plus cess at applicable rates.

(8) General Conditions:

The above provisions shall be subject to the following conditions –

(i)

In case the property tax payable as per this revised Notification for any

property or land, other than a fully vacant land, increases by more than

20% (twenty percent) as compared to the property tax liable to be paid

immediately before this revised Notification; then the increase shall be

capped at 20% a year. Then for each subsequent year the property tax

shall be increased at a rate of 20% per annum until it catches up with the

property tax payable under this Notification. Provided that last increase

could be less than 20% so as to ensure payable property tax matches with

the property tax payable under this Notification. Thereafter, the annual

increase shall be at the annual rates prescribed under this Notification at

condition (iii) below.

Provided that any increase on account of change in use of property or

additional construction or due to any reason other than merely on

account of switchover to this new method of property tax calculation; the

said cap of 20% shall not be applicable.

(ii)

No reduction of the existing property tax shall be done if this Notification

leads to payable property tax less than what is presently payable and the

property tax applicable at present shall continue to be imposed until the

property tax payable under this revised Notification exceeds the existing

property tax being levied. Thereafter the property tax shall be as per this

revised Notification.

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Provided that any decrease on account of change in use of property or

demolition of a building or a part thereof or due to any reason other than

merely on account of switchover to this new method of property tax

calculation; the reduction in payable Property Tax shall be permitted.

(iii)

The property tax shall be increased by 5% (five percent) on 1st April of

every year starting from the year 2025, on all items mentioned in this

Notification.

Provided that for properties or lands whose property tax is based the

Guidance Values; as and when there is a revision of the Guidance Values

under section 45 B of the Karnataka Stamps Act 1957, which entails an

increase in the property tax currently being currently charged, the same

shall be increased to match the property tax payable as per the revised

Guidance Values.

Provided further that the building construction rate shall also increase by

5% each year from the year 2025-26 and the said increase shall be treated

as part of the overall 5% increase in the Property Tax. Further, upon

revision of construction rates by the Public Works Department, the Chief

Commissioner shall adopt them if that entails an increase in the building

construction rate but not otherwise.

(iv)

The Guidance Value applicable for this Notification for any property or

land shall be one for the developed land or A-Khata property/land on the

same location and put to same use as the property or land in question.

(v)

The property tax applicable for any Property in B-Register as per section

144(6) of the BBMP Act 2020 shall not be less than the one applicable for

A-Khata property at the same location and used for the same purpose.

(vi)

In case of mixed use of a property/land (used as mix of different purposes

such as residential, non-residential, industrial), the land and the building

(if applicable) therein shall be liable to pay the property tax at rates

prescribed for the said use in this Notification in proportion to the area

put to said use and taking the sum of property taxes over all such uses.

(vii)

In case of outdoor sports stadia such as for hockey, cricket, tennis etc.,

the covered area of the spectator’s gallery for viewing the event shall be

computed to tax at a rate of 20% (twenty percent) of the property rate

applicable for the non-residential purpose. Provided that in respect of

open ground and playing area, the rate applicable for the fully vacant

commercial lands shall be levied.

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(viii) All the properties or lands seeking exemption under section 152 of the

BBMP Act 2020 shall file an application with the prescribed documents

as per Circular No Spl. Comm (Rev)/PR/1351/2023-24 dated 26-12-2023

and the action thereon shall be taken as per the said Circular.

(ix)

When a property or land is exempted from property tax and any portion

of the property or land is used for any other purposes other than for the

purpose for which the exemption is granted, then for such usage, the

property tax shall be payable at the prescribed rates to such extent and

usage.

(x)

The areas under any covered or stilt parking or multilevel car/vehicle

parking, the tax shall be computed at 50% of the unit area value fixed for

the respective property and land as per this Notification.

(xi)

The tax for the areas used for storage of merchandize like granite, timber,

bricks, tiles and like, shall be computed at 50% of the unit area value for

the respective property and land as per this Notification for non-

residential purpose.

(xii)

The race-courses, golf courses, open areas in bus-stands and other such

open commercial areas shall be levied tax at a rate for their open areas as

prescribed for the fully vacant commercial lands or areas.

(xiii) The open parking areas shall be charged at a rate of 20% of the per square

foot rate payable for the property for residential use for self-use parking

area and 20% of the rate payable for commercial/non-residential under

category (2) for other cases.

(xiv) In case of common areas in any building or apartment, such as manager

office, club house, swimming pool, health club, canteen etc, the property

tax shall be charged at a rate of 50% of the per square foot rate payable

for the property itself. The open spaces and parks therein shall be charged

at a rate as prescribed for the fully vacant lands or areas.

Tushar Giri Nath, IAS

Chief Commissioner

Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike

Bengaluru

20th February 2024

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