Revised fee for property tax name change comes as a shocker to Tambaram residents

THE Tambaram City Municipal Corporation (TCMC) has implemented a revised tariff for name changes in property tax to bring uniformity between its added areas and the areas that were already under Tambaram Corporation.

- S KUMARESAN

Although the revised fee was approved by the council and came into effect on April 1, 2022, the lack of communication between the corporation and the public has led to people being taken aback by surprise when applying for a name change.

A resident of Chromepet (formerly under Pallavaram Municipality) had recently purchased a flat for ₹42 lakh. When he approached TCMC to update his name on the property tax receipt, he was shocked at being charged 20,000 for the service. Previously, under Pallavaram Municipality, there was no charge for such a request.

On the other hand, a buyer in Anakaputhur, another area newly merged with TCMC, paid 10,000 for changing the name on his property, valued at 36 lakh.

This is lesser in comparison to the earlier charge of 1,000 per lakh for the property's registered value in the erstwhile Anakaputhur municipality, which would work up to 36,000.