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What is Tax Revenue

Tax Revenue

About Tax Revenue

What is Tax Revenue

Taxation is the primary source of income for the government. The most important revenue receipts for the government, taxes are involuntary fees levied on individuals and corporations to finance government activities. Revenue receipts can be of two types — non-tax revenue and tax revenue. Tax revenue is the income gained by the government through taxation.
 
Tax revenue forms a part of the Receipt Budget, which in turn is part of the Annual Financial Statement of the Union Budget.
 
Tax revenue is the result of the application of a tax rate to a tax base. Total tax revenue as a percentage of GDP
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Latest Updates on Tax Revenue

Amul revenue grew by 18.5% in FY23 to Rs 55,055 cr on better demand

In a statement, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF) said it has registered a provisional turnover of Rs 55,055 crore for the financial year 2022-23

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Updated On : 02 Apr 2023 | 7:43 PM IST

Private hospitals to clock 10-11% revenue growth in FY23, FY24: Report

Sethi further noted that occupancy dipped only once during this period to 53 per cent due to lockdown enforced during the first phase of the pandemic

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Updated On : 24 Mar 2023 | 8:49 PM IST

Volume IconShould Indian states also levy an income tax?

An RBI report recently highlighted the grim fiscal condition of ten states. And of them, five seem to be in dire condition. What ails these states? What can be done to revive their economy?

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Updated On : 29 Dec 2022 | 7:00 AM IST

Centre's share of cess and surcharges nearly double in three years

Experts say finance commission needs to provide clarity on whether cess should be shared with states

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Updated On : 29 Dec 2022 | 11:16 PM IST

File revised income-tax return to correct errors in original ITR by Dec 31

Any refund you are eligible for won't be processed unless you correct the mistakes in your return

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Updated On : 22 Dec 2022 | 10:07 PM IST

Direct tax collections for FY23 up 20% at Rs 11.35 trillion till Dec 17

Direct tax collections stood at Rs 11,35,754 crore, as on December 17, 2022, up by 19.81 per cent against Rs 9,47,959 crore recorded in the corresponding period of last year, officials said

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Updated On : 18 Dec 2022 | 9:45 PM IST

New tax intelligence unit to raise revenue by boosting compliance: Punj FM

A new tax intelligence unit has been set up in Punjab to boost tax collections by improving compliance, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema said on Tuesday

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Updated On : 08 Nov 2022 | 10:16 PM IST

Centre's fiscal deficit in H1 touches 37.3% of full-year target

The Centre is hopeful of keeping the fiscal deficit at 6.4 per cent of nominal GDP in FY23

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Updated On : 31 Oct 2022 | 11:34 PM IST

On the cards: Expansionary Budget with optimistic tax revenue rise

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to present the next Budget on February 1

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Updated On : 31 Oct 2022 | 7:40 PM IST

Israel decides to withhold $176 mn from Palestinian tax revenues

Israel has decided to withhold 600 million shekels in tax revenues it has collected for the Palestinian Authority to offset the latter's compensation for "attackers" against the Jewish state.

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Updated On : 01 Aug 2022 | 1:47 PM IST

Centre's fiscal deficit hits 12.3% of full-year target in April-May period

Non-tax revenue came in at Rs 49,251 crore, or 18.3 per cent of the full year target of Rs 2.69 trillion, compared with 48 per cent for the same period last year

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Updated On : 01 Jul 2022 | 2:21 AM IST

Tax revenue boost or expenditure cuts can help meet fiscal deficit target

The impact of Saturday's excise duty cuts will be Rs 1 trillion for a year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said

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Updated On : 23 May 2022 | 6:03 AM IST

BS Number Wise: Indian states are living dangerously on subsidies

Their tax revenues can't keep up with their largesse: it's a policy that risks putting them in economic peril

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Updated On : 20 Apr 2022 | 4:03 PM IST

'India on track to becoming $5-trn economy': FinMin on tax revenue mop-up

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019 envisioned making India a USD 5 trillion economy and a global economic powerhouse. The Indian GDP is estimated to be around USD 3 trillion in 2021-22

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Updated On : 15 Apr 2022 | 12:30 AM IST

Boom time for companies: What record profits may mean for govt's revenue

If much higher profits this year do not propel corporation tax revenue to a level higher than the FY19 peak, something must be wrong with corporation tax, writes T N Ninan

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Updated On : 14 Jan 2022 | 10:47 PM IST

Pandora papers: A rich man's game, and its most willing participants

As an international consortium of journalists unearths the 'Pandora' list of stashes in tax havens, accountability becomes the call of the day. But what we get instead is hypocrisy, rues T N Ninan

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Updated On : 08 Oct 2021 | 10:47 PM IST

Subdued govt spending despite high tax revenue may impact growth outlook

Private drive could taper off, high tax revenue notwithstanding

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Updated On : 06 Sep 2021 | 12:03 AM IST

Govt expecting very robust tax revenue this fiscal: Revenue Secy

The government is expecting a 'robust' tax revenue in the current fiscal on the back of better-than-expected corporate sector performance, Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj said

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Updated On : 11 Aug 2021 | 1:32 PM IST

BS Number Wise: Tax mop up shines through fragile recovery

Direct-tax-to-GDP ratio in the first quarter of 2021-22 increased to 5.14 per cent, compared with 3.29 per cent over the last two years

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Updated On : 03 Aug 2021 | 10:02 PM IST

Sitharaman as FM: Some positive surprises, a few works in progress

Tax, revenue and macroeconomic trends are encouraging, but more needs to be done on privatisation, clean-up of banking mess, anti-protectionism, and de-politicisation of govt bodies, writes T N Ninan

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Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 10:29 PM IST