<p class="title">The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to frame a new advertisement policy for hoardings within the civic body's limits.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Post GST, the BBMP is no longer collecting advertisement tax. The new tax system prohibits a municipal body from collecting taxes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The BBMP is not collecting advertisement tax after the implementation of GST. We are only collecting the dues that were pending before July 1, 2017. However, there is a provision where we can frame new policies to collect revenue from advertisements," said BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The new policy can help in collecting revenue for the Palike and we can look at various methods. We can look at charging for ground rent where there is a hoarding or even auction it," Prasad said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The commissioner also said that only 865 illegal hoardings out of the 2,431 are removed from the base.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"According to Section 134 of the Karnataka Municipal Corporation (KMC) Act, BBMP can give permission whether to put up a flex or not," said Opposition leader Padmanabha Reddy.</p>
<p class="title">The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to frame a new advertisement policy for hoardings within the civic body's limits.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Post GST, the BBMP is no longer collecting advertisement tax. The new tax system prohibits a municipal body from collecting taxes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The BBMP is not collecting advertisement tax after the implementation of GST. We are only collecting the dues that were pending before July 1, 2017. However, there is a provision where we can frame new policies to collect revenue from advertisements," said BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The new policy can help in collecting revenue for the Palike and we can look at various methods. We can look at charging for ground rent where there is a hoarding or even auction it," Prasad said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The commissioner also said that only 865 illegal hoardings out of the 2,431 are removed from the base.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"According to Section 134 of the Karnataka Municipal Corporation (KMC) Act, BBMP can give permission whether to put up a flex or not," said Opposition leader Padmanabha Reddy.</p>
