Overview
Bill Genie is an automated bill generation system developed on the DIGIT platform. It enables citizens to pay property tax in a simple, smooth and transparent manner.
It is possible for the ULB employees to set calendar calendar triggers to generate bills bills for the amount of property tax payable. This allows the ULB to share the bills with citizens in advance. Citizens review their bill and pay it online using the payment link shared in the bill. Since Citizens get email and SMS notifications for pending property tax dues as reminders on or before the due date. Since the bills are provided in advance, citizens get lead time to plan for the finances to pay their tax.The application also allows the ULB to group, merge and download bills for field distribution. Citizens get email and SMS notifications for pending property tax dues as reminders on or before the due date.
The Bill Genie application makes it effortless for citizens who do not have any changes in their property records, to pay for the services consumed. This layer of citizens is a significant number, allowing ULBs to increase revenue by moving away from “citizen-initiated” to “ULB-initiated” collection drives.
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The following diagram depicts the application workflow.
Release Features
| Key Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Generate Property Tax Bills Automatically | The Bill Genie application generates property tax bills automatically for properties registered in the property tax system. The application executes this as a batch process from the backend based on financial year and calendar dates as triggers. |
| Grouping of Property Tax Bills | The ULB employees can group property tax bills based on locality and financial year, leading to an improvement in the efficiency of on-ground distribution of bills. |
| Merge, Download and Print Property Tax Bills | After the bills are generated, ULB employees can download and print bills in batches by merging them. |
| Notification to citizens | The Bill Genie application has an option to send SMS and email reminders to the citizens with the due date and tax amount to be paid. These notifications help citizens plan their finances to pay property tax. |
Future Release Features
The following features are planned for the next release of the Bill Genie application :
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