More than 25% of your house price is taxes and charges: Where do all the money go?

Copyright © HT Digital Streams Limit all rights reserved. Business News / Videos / More than 25% of your house price is taxes and charges: Where does all the money go? | Let us really be updated: 25 Aug 2025, 09:32 AM ist Livemint Your work hard, saves for years. Buy a multiple apartment in India’s leading cities. But the moment you retire, the reality strikes! Choking, flooded under roads, garbage dump. While property prices in cities such as Gurgaon, Bengaluru, Mumbai were skyrocketed, the basic urban infrastructure – roads, drainage, sewage was exacerbated by the year. It’s not just a discomfort, it’s a betrayal. This is because 25% plus of what you pay for it, the 2-5-10 crore home goes directly to the state government, in taxes. What do you get in return? Where does all the tax go? Watch