VIJAYAWADA: As many as 250 civic and people’s associations have come together to form the Pattana Poura Sangala Aikya Vedika(PPSAV), an organisation to take up agitations opposing the capital value system in property tax collection.
Former Union secretary E A S Sharma, who was elected the honorary president of the forum, opined that the capital value system in property tax calculation is unconstitutional and governments cannot take such anti-public decisions. “Governments who are waiving off taxes for corporate companies on one hand are imposing huge amounts as taxes on the common man in the name of reforms,” Sharma said.
MLC K S Lakshman Rao, who was elected president of the PPSAV, said governments cannot bring in tax reforms without the approval of the state finance commission. “This is against the 73rd and 74th Constitutional amendments. The state government didn’t even propose or discuss the tax reforms in the assembly and we strongly condemn the high handedness of the government,” he said.
Senior high court advocate Sunkara Rajendra Prasad said the capital value system is another form of wealth and income tax. The government is acting against the rules and implementing tax reforms through the back channel, Prasad said.
Representatives of various people’s associations said the public should step forward for legal battle if necessary.
President of the organisation, K S Lakshman Rao, said governments cannot bring in tax reforms without the approval of the state finance commission
