THE Valenzuela City government issued an ordinance offering relief for delinquent taxpayers, allowing them to settle property tax owed, including interest, from 2014 to the date of application.
According to Ordinance No. 586 issued by the city and published in a national newspaper, the city will also condone tax owed by property owners who avail of the relief for periods starting 2013 and earlier.
Excluded from the amnesty are “delinquent real properties which have been sold at public auction to satisfy the real property delinquencies, b) Real properties (that are the) subject of pending cases, c) real properties subject to expropriation by the City Government, and d) real property under compromise agreement pursuant to existing ordinances.”
It said taxpayers who avail of relief on or before Dec. 31 will be exempt from administrative or judicial action.
During the amnesty period, the city will not auction any property seized due to nonpayment of tax. — Marc Wyxzel C. dela Paz
