Waiver on quit rent penalties in Penang

Penang waives land, parcel tax penalty arrears from Jan 2 to Feb 28 

 GEORGE TOWN: Penang property owners will be given a waiver on penalties for overdue quit rent if they pay the full amount due by Feb 28.

If they pay between March 1 and May 31, they will get a 50% discount on the penalties.

Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the exco meeting last week decided on this move for all land and parcel owners.

Land owners are those who own houses and land, while parcel owners are usually in joint property like condominiums, apartments or townhouses.

“This is to recover RM40.1mil in unpaid quit rent involving 100,000 accounts.

“If these remain unpaid, property owners can lose their land or parcels,” he said in a Facebook post yesterday.

He added that the incentive aims to reduce the burden on land and parcel owners, with 107,908 accounts being late on payments and slapped with penalties. The waiver applies to all land and parcel owners, including those with penalty notices under Sections 6A and 11.

The Chief Minister said the incentive is only for lump-sum payment and not for instalments or settled overdue penalties.

Payments can be made at district land offices or online through the PgLAND web portal.

For details, land and parcel owners can contact the Penang Land and Mines office at 04-650 5844/5847/5849 or the district land office.

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Stratified property owners given till December 31 to settle dues for 2019

Chow (second right) with (from right) Jagdeep Singh, State Land and Mines office director Akmar Omar and State Secretary Datuk Seri Farizan Darus, showing the new bills for the parcel rent in Komtar, Penang.

OWNERS of stratified properties will now have to pay parcel rent directly to their respective district and land offices.

Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the billing for parcel rent, replacing quit rent, would be sent out to all parcel owners next month through their respective management corporations.

“Previously, it was paid by the respective management corporations of stratified properties.

“Since the bills will be sent out late, parcel owners are given until end of this year to pay up although the deadline is usually May 31 each year,” he told a press conference at Komtar on Friday.

Chow said the parcel rent came into effect since January this year.

He said the rates for parcel rent would be based on the size of each unit, while quit rent was based on the total plot of land which the building was built on.

“Parcel owners will need to update their addresses with the respective district and land offices when paying their parcel rent this year,” he said, adding that the parcel rent billing for next year will be sent to their addresses.

Citing an example, Chow said the total quit rent collected from a specific stratified property last year was RM28,268.

“The collection in parcel rent for the same property will be lesser at RM24,239, as it will not take into account common areas, unlike for quit rent,” he said.

State housing, town, country plan­­ning and local government committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo, who was also present, said the arrears for quit rent has amounted to RM65mil to date.

Parcel owners are advised to update their mailing addresses at the land and district office or online at etanah.penang.gov.my

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