Bengaluru: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials on Monday said there will be no extension in deadline for 5% rebate on property tax this time.

The BBMP has requested taxpayers to make payments before April 30 to avail the benefit.

BBMP Joint Commissioner (Revenue) M Venkatachalapathy said the property tax collection for financial year 2018-19 has begun and citizens can make payments both online and offline. “For offline mode, they can generate challans at BBMP ward offices and at all Canara Bank, HDFC, Axis and ICICI branches in the city. Unlike last year, this time there are no technical glitches in the tax payment software or at other levels. So, there will be no extension of the rebate deadline,” he said.

Venkatachalapathy called upon taxpayers to make use of the online payment mode as the software has been upgraded to facilitate smoother access. “Also, there won’t be transaction charges for online payments if the tax amount is within Rs 5,000,” he said.

Officials at the civic body said they have held meetings with bank officials to set up separate counters at their branches to process property tax payments.