DBKL to raid 40,500 premises next week over failure to pay taxes

DBKL officers sealing the properties of those who fail to settle their assessment tax. (Bernama pic)

KUALA LUMPUR: Beginning next week, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will conduct large-scale operations on 41,503 commercial and residential premises in the city with outstanding assessment tax totalling RM182.7 million.

DBKL’s financial department director Mohamad Hamim said the owners will be issued notices for outstanding tax payments.

“The 700 enforcement officers will issue notices first and give them two weeks to pay up.

“Commercial premises will be sealed if they fail to make payments,” he told reporters after the DBKL Assessment Tax Ops here today.

Empty premises will be auctioned after court action under Section 151, of the Local Government Act 1976.

Mohamad said 25 business premises owing taxes of RM1.6 million were sealed in an operation conducted on Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman today.

“For premises with huge outstanding payments, we will confiscate some of the items in them.

“They will also have to pay 30% of the outstanding amount. They are given one week to go to the head office to pay the remaining 70%.

“If they fail to do so, the remaining items on their premises will be confiscated,” he said. - FMT