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Thane's Tax Hike: What 12%, 20% and 0.5% Actually Mean for Your Wallet

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Thane's Tax Hike: What 12%, 20% and 0.5% Actually Mean for Your Wallet

1 min read · Quick Read · Accountability Desk | Thane | September 2026

What this means for you: Resale buyers/sellers should factor the new transfer fee into ongoing negotiations.

The Thane Municipal Corporation approved a 12% hike in residential property tax and a 20% hike in commercial property tax at its general body meeting, alongside a revised property transfer fee of 0.5% of the government market (ready-reckoner) value on resale transactions — the first such revision since 2018-19. The civic body expects to generate an additional ₹104.67 crore in annual revenue from the change. Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao justified the hike citing rapid urbanisation and the rising cost of maintaining civic infrastructure and services. In a partial offset for daily commuters, the TMC simultaneously withdrew a separate proposal to raise Thane Municipal Transport (TMT) bus fares, keeping them unchanged for now. For an average Thane residential property owner, the 12% hike translates to a modest but real annual increase; the bigger practical impact falls on resale transactions, where the new 0.5% transfer fee — calculated on ready-reckoner value, not transaction price — adds a cost buyers and sellers had not budgeted for in deals already under negotiation. Commercial property owners face a steeper 20% increase, which is likely to feed through into commercial lease renewals across the district.
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