The state housing federation wants government to abolish the NA tax levied on housing societies. The revenue department of the previous MVA government had put a temporary stay on the collection of the non-agriculture (NA) tax in the urban areas. The federation members said they were hopeful about a decision towards the abolition of the NA tax during the ongoing assembly session.
“We are planning to take up the issue with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis,” Maharashtra Cooperative Housing Federation vice-chairman Suhas Patwardhan said.
All properties, including housing societies, residential plots, commercial establishments and industrial sheds, not in the “gaothan” areas, as classified by the collector in accordance with the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1960, come under the ambit of the NA tax. The state government charges the NA tax for the use of agricultural land for non-agriculture purposes and revises it every 5-10 years.
Of the around 2 lakh cooperative housing societies and apartments in the state, only 10-15,000 are in the gaothan areas that are exempted from the NA tax.