{"id":7469,"date":"2013-11-19T17:15:04","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T09:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=7469"},"modified":"2024-04-17T14:40:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T06:40:31","slug":"are-you-prepared-for-the-new-assessment-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/are-you-prepared-for-the-new-assessment-fees","title":{"rendered":"Are you prepared for DBKL’s new assessment rates?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Are you prepared for the new assessment fees?<\/p><\/div>\n

DBKL’s new assessment rates proposed recently had home owners in Kuala Lumpur in an uproar with increase from 100% to 200%.\u00a0The proposal to double assessment rates for city house owners effective on January 1, 2014 has left many owners miffed and vexed.<\/p>\n

When Ibrahim Alias, a third generation Kampung Baru resident received a notice from DBKL, he was stunned that his assessment fees will be the same rate as properties in Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC).<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom paying RM504 annually, I will have to fork out four times more or RM2,172 from next year,\u201d said Alias to The Star<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The justification for the shocking proposal is due to the rising property prices, which many members of the public argue is not a valid justification.<\/p>\n

Titiwangsa MP Datuk Johari Ghani was quoted in another report by The Star<\/i> that City Hall must justify the increase as it was drastic.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake Kampung Baru for instance, some home owners have told me that their assessment rates have doubled and even tripled.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t understand why, since Kampung Baru 50 years ago and today is still the same,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

<\/span>What is an assessment fee?<\/span><\/h2>\n

So, what does DBKL use the assessment fees collected for? According to the DBKL\u2019s website, assessment fee (or Cukai Taksiran<\/i>\/Cukai Pintu<\/i>) is the tax imposed by DBKL on private property such as homes, business property, industrial and vacant land located within the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur for:<\/p>\n