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Abstract
Development of GIS Based Property Taxation Information System for Kamalia City, Pakistan
Mubushar Hussain
Assistant Professor
GIS Centre,
Geography Department,
Punjab University,
Lahore, Pakistan
mub1968@yahoo.com
Muhammad Hassan, Muhammad, Kashif Saeed
Abstract
Property tax is a vital source of income for the cities in developing countries. Determination of tax on a property requires truthful information about the property structure, location, ownership, condition, size, and its use. This research is an effort to investigate the existing property taxation system with an objective to suggest a GIS-based system. Existing system at Kamalia reveals that traditional methods are being followed and tax is being calculated manually. There are strong possibilities and practices to assess a property according to desires of the tax payer, not following the laws of Property Taxation. Cross check is hardly fruit full. Therefore, Existing Property Taxation System (EPTS) gives a way to many possibilities for unlawful tasks like corruption, tax defaulting, etc. Using GIS functionalities, Property Taxation Information System (PTIS) has been developed, which provides spatial and non-spatial background information of each property. Business Processes are identified in detail to devise a comprehensive Data Model. By the implementation of PTIS, various illegal ways will be reduced significantly. Earlier there was no evidence in the property taxation record for exact property location in the rating area and their condition and structure. PTIS is designed to automatically calculate the tax due on a property by just putting raw data. The system has also capability to generate tax recovery information when required so as to keep a check on tax defaulters. Further, PTIS provides opportunities to perform various analyses on the spatial data and attribute data to provide a base for decision making and future planning.
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