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Professor Don Grant, project manager, said he is especially possible with the cadastre, to determine that a particular region has experienced dramatic population growth.
Owner's name, lot size, property value ... It is now possible to know everything, in one click, on real estate in Mauritius. This is what will make a computerized cadastre cost of one billion rupees, which became a reality on 15 July. This new cadastre home4u is much more than a database on properties across home4u the island. Its applications are numerous, starting with taxation. It would revise the criteria that determine the amount of residential tax to pay. "It will have a profound influence on the lives of Mauritians

as on the policy makers," suggests Professor Don Grant, project manager. A list of 325,000 home4u

titles will be available July 15. This is a British company which has been designated Infoterra to computerize and update the register. home4u It has implemented home4u the project Land Administration, Valuation and Information Management System (LAVIMS) to undertake an inventory of public and private property throughout the country. The firm's partner is Bhumishq Infoterra. Why spend a billion rupees for updating the cadastre? According to a source close to the Mauritius Revenue Authority, the cadastre will have a big role to play in the implementation of the National Residential home4u Property Tax. "Currently the amount of tax payable is determined by the size of the property. With the new cadastre, tax will be based on the value of the property, "says our interlocutor. Understand by this that the government can quickly recover the billion spent. Avoid surprises the other hand, Don Grant says the new cadastre could avoid surprises to those who are involved in a land transaction. This can sometimes be unfair consequences for the seller. If the State finds that he has sold land at a price below its actual value, the seller home4u must pay tax on the difference between the two values. With the new cadastre, the seller may know the real value of the land and avoid unpleasant surprises. "Moreover it is a legislative recommendations that will propose in our report," said Don Grant.
The computerized home4u cadastre, it is also a tool to ensure the economic and social development in the long term. According to Don Grant, the new cadastre enable policy makers to better understand the demographics of the country and possibly better understand the needs of the population. home4u "Understanding the relationship between home4u man and his immediate home4u environment is a great tool to improve quality of life. It will be possible to establish, for example, that there are not enough buses to serve a specific region. Or whether a particular region has experienced dramatic population growth and therefore, we must build a clinic or a school, "said Don Grant. But the cadastre home4u can also become a tool for politicians. He would know the ethnic breakdown of the population and to use this information to develop more effective strategies to lure voters. Nilen Kattany

Source: Express home4u Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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