Geo-property tax information system : a case study of the Tarkwa Nsuaem municipality, Ghana
Mantey, Saviour & Naa Dedel Tagoe
Property Tax is one of the most important sources of income for the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Assembly (TNMA) and the country as a whole. An efficient Property Tax System has the potential to generate enough revenues to sustain governmentts social programmes such as the School Feeding Programme, Capitation Grant and the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP). However, Property Tax revenue mobilization at the local and district assemblies is ineffective due to lack of Geo-Property Tax Information System. Property Tax details in the TNMA are therefore maintained without spatial data and involve lot of human effort. The objective of this research therefore was to create an interactive and user-friendly Geo- Property Tax Information System (GPTIS) that enables spatial query, visualization, efficient updating and processing of Property Tax records. The System will incorporate all the spatial and non-spatial details regarding built-up structures for effective maintenance, collection and update of Property Tax information. The System will keep track of both defaulters and nondefaulters.
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