The Revenue Authorities have taken Action to Provide Information to those who have lost their Building Tax Receipts

According to the Kerala Building Tax Act, receipt of tax collected by the Revenue Department is required from the building owners to approach the Taluk or Village Offices for their details. The revenue authorities have clarified that if the application is made, further steps will be taken to obtain the information from the registers kept here. The revenue authorities clarified that the application should contain the name of the owner at the time the building was constructed and information including the survey number of the land. However, this may be difficult to ascertain in the case of buildings which have undergone a change of ownership by way of sale or enfranchisement. If the owners do not keep the receipts and documents properly, the revenue department may collect tax again from the same building. Since the online system came during the recent period, only information about such inhabitants is available. Meanwhile, there is a proposal to digitally store the tax information of all buildings, including the old ones, but the process is incomplete.