Chandigarh, Nov. 28 -- The Chandigarh municipal corporation has proposed to introduce a one-time settlement (OTS) scheme to maximise the recovery of outstanding property/service tax dues within the municipal limits of Chandigarh and to alleviate the accumulated tax liabilities of taxpayers for charitable institutions and government and autonomous bodies. The proposal has been included in the supplementary agenda to be placed before the MC House during the General House meeting on Friday.

As per the agenda, the Chandigarh municipal corporation is collecting property tax from government bodies (commercial & residential) and autonomous bodies and a total of 197 charitable institutions. Charitable institutions are functioning on a no-profit-...