- I Paid A Bribe
- 14 years ago
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Bribe for House Tax
- Municipal Services
- House Tax
- Paid INR 3,000
I had been postponing to pay the House tax as my house which is similar to my neighbors has been showing a house tax of 3000rs per year, where as my neighbors tax is 600 per year. This difference is because, i do not have the older record of paying the house tax. If we do not produce an older record/receipt of a house tax being paid, they calculate the tax based on current market rate of the house. Where as the neighbor has the receipt and their tax is 5% increment per year based on what shows in the receipt. So my total house tax for 3 years according to new calculation is 10000 something, but had it been done according to old calculation it costs 1902rs for 3 years. So the clerk at the panchayat office demanded 5000 total in which hed give me a receipt of 1902rs towards the tax and the rest for him and other people at the office. I would also pay the coming taxes according to original prices that is 600per year as i can produce THIS receipt from now on. Is there any rationale to the current scenario? If the govt wants to revise my tax only because i cannot provide an older receipt, and my neighbor gets to pay the tax according to original prices i think thats injustice. So this time i have saved 5000rs on my tax, and each year i will be saving around 2500rs from now on. I am donating the 5000rs i have saved to one of my colleague's father's treatment whos in a hospital. I feel more guilty for giving the bribe on this day because today is my Birthday. But the business mind in me said saving 5000 is a good deal.