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Punjab: Owners to pay tax on domestic animals, including cats, dogs & cows

Punjab: Owners to pay tax on domestic animals, including cats, dogs & cows

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Owners will have to pay Rs 250 a year for dogs, cats and pigs, and Rs 500 a year for cows, buffaloes, and elephants

Domestic animal owners in Punjab will now have to pay tax on them.

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ANI reported that owners of dogs, cats, pigs, sheep, deer etc would have to pay Rs 250 a year.

And that owners of cows, bulls, buffaloes, horses, camels, elephants etc would have to pay Rs 500 a year.

The animals will all be branded -- to ascertain whether the tax on them has been paid or not.

ANI reported that each animal would either be marked with an ID number or that a microchip would be installed in each animal.

Moreover, a pet owner in Punjab will also have to get a licence from the authority, which will be renewed annually.