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Revenue Collection

The constitutional responsibility regarding the collection of revenue due to the local council has been assigned to the council secretary. Accordingly, necessary steps should be taken to collect the revenue due to the council up-to-date. informed about. The following measures should be taken to collect the arrears due to the local council. I hereby point out that the goals of the budget can be achieved by collecting the arrears. The following measures should be taken to collect the arrears.

1. To identify obstacles to revenue collection and promotion.

2. Discuss alternative ways to avoid identified operational conditions.

3. After that, an action plan should be prepared to collect quantitative accumulated deficit revenue.

4. Implement the aggregation techniques shown as activities in one action plan.

5. Door to door income collection.

6. Making payment of arrears in installments.

7. Involving private sectors for revenue collection work.

8. Providing special concessions to those who pay annual tax fees at once.

9. Publicizing the name list of defaulters.

10. Taking daily action to prevent payment defaults.


The local council can follow 4 methods to collect arrears of assessment and tax and arrears of rent.

1. Prohibition of movable property.

2. Prohibition of immovable property in absence of movable property.

3. To report to the court and collect the arrears as a day.

4. Foreclosure of movable or immovable property for recovery of arrears of rent or proceeding as per agreement.


Notes -1- Section 158(1) of the Local Councils Act No. 15 of 1987 gives legal powers to the Secretary of the Council to foreclose property in respect of administrative and tax arrears.

Note-2- Sections 159(1) and (2) of the Local Councils Act No. 15 of 1987 have given legal powers to the Council Secretary to foreclose property in respect of arrears of administration and taxes.

Additionally, special attention should be paid to the following points related to income management.

1. Immediate deposit of collected income.

2. Up-to-date documentation of incoming income.

3. Focusing on new revenue streams.

4. Reviewing the progress of revenue collection.