SELAYANG property owners with outstanding assessment tax are reminded to pay up before Sept 30 to avoid their assets being confiscated.
As of Aug 31, Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) issued 70,000 notices carrying RM20 late payment charge.
MPS president Shahman Jalaludin said some 30,000 property owners had more than RM200 in arrears each.
“We will focus on these owners. By right, the local authority can start confiscating assets seven days after the notices are issued.
“However, MPS is willing to negotiate for instalment payment,” he told reporters after chairing the full board meeting yesterday.
Shahman said the late payment fee for property owners at traditional villages would be waived for settling their outstanding arrears.
He said this was part of efforts to encourage traditional village homeowners, whose total arrears amounted to over RM6.6mil, to pay up.
“In 2016, the state government stopped collecting assessments from traditional villages and low-cost housing areas,” said Shahman.
“However, some property owners still have outstanding payment and have yet to settle.”
For the first term of 2024, MPS collected RM55.3mil in assessment or 94.5% of the amount owed.
In the second term, the council received RM35.9mil out of the RM117mil owed as of Aug 31.
Separately, Shahman said MPS was continuously monitoring business premises operated by Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB).
Based on records, he said GISB had 26 premises, ranging from laundry shops to eateries, in the municipality.
Sixteen premises were slapped with an immediate closure notice during a joint operation led by the police on Saturday.
In a statement, MPS said 12 were found to be operating without a licence while four had breached licensing conditions.
MPS also demolished several structures erected without permission.
Checks found that the other premises, although licensed, were currently not in operation, said Shahman.
