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What is Tax Collection?

In order to garner income for the government to finance social projects, tax is collected from individuals and corporations via direct tax and indirect tax. These two tax collections form the government's revenue.
 
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. Union Budget keeps the account of the government's finances for the fiscal year that runs from April 1 to March 31. Union Budget is classified into Revenue Budget and Capital 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 indicates the share of the country's output collected by the government through taxes. Tax revenue can be regarded as one measure of the degree to which the government controls the economy's resources.
 
Taxes collected from both direct tax and indirect tax are the government’s tax revenue. It includes collections from income tax, corporation tax, customs, wealth tax, tax on land revenue, etc.
 
Direct tax is the tax that is paid directly to the government by the person or company on whom it is levied. Income tax, wealth tax, corporation tax, and property tax are some examples of direct tax.
 
Indirect taxes are those that are collected by intermediaries from individuals and corporations who bear the burden of the tax and passed on to the government. Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an example of indirect tax. Corporation tax forms a large chunk of the government’s tax revenue.

Latest Updates on Tax Collection

Odisha, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Jharkhand, are India's top five mineral producing states by value annually, and in the same order as of FY23 data

Updated On: 27 Aug 2024 | 6:37 PM IST

Implementation of 20% tax on foreign remittances put off until October 1

Updated On: 05 Oct 2023 | 12:21 PM IST

The net tax growth rate in some of these regions was below expectations, said two people privy to the development

Updated On: 20 Mar 2023 | 10:59 PM IST

The revised estimates (RE) for the current fiscal pegged gross tax revenues at Rs 30.43 lakh crore, higher than the budget estimates of Rs 27.57 lakh crore

Updated On: 12 Mar 2023 | 4:17 PM IST

The TCS, is not in itself, a tax and credit for the amount paid on any transaction is available to the person to adjust against their tax liability for the year

Updated On: 15 Feb 2023 | 11:45 PM IST

Presently, no TDS is required on interest payable in the case of listed dematerialised securities

Updated On: 03 Feb 2023 | 6:10 AM IST

The Budget was an effort in moving to a new tax regime which is simple and more open

Updated On: 02 Feb 2023 | 8:49 PM IST

The money can be adjusted later, but the blocking of 20 per cent capital till tax filing is likely to dissuade direct investment in foreign equities

Updated On: 03 Feb 2023 | 12:14 AM IST

However, the corporate tax collection is yet to surpass its five-year high of 3.51 per cent of GDP recorded in 2018-19

Updated On: 01 Jan 2023 | 1:18 PM IST

Issues a separate circular on limitation period of show-cause notices

Updated On: 29 Dec 2022 | 8:29 AM IST

The Central government has set a target of Rs 14,20,000 crore for collection of direct taxes as per budget estimates for 2022-23

Updated On: 26 Dec 2022 | 6:37 PM IST

Move seen as part of department's revenue maximisation exercise

Updated On: 19 Dec 2022 | 11:58 PM IST

Net direct tax collection has grown 19% to over Rs 11.35 trillion

Updated On: 19 Dec 2022 | 12:22 AM IST

Directive issued for maximising revenue collection and monitoring advance tax mop up

Updated On: 15 Dec 2022 | 11:32 PM IST

Higher tax exemption slabs may exclude significant numbers from existing pool

Updated On: 12 Dec 2022 | 10:26 PM IST

India's tax collection will exceed the budget estimate by nearly Rs 4 trillion in the current fiscal on the back of buoyant income tax, customs duty and GST mop-up, Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj said

Updated On: 23 Nov 2022 | 8:41 PM IST

It may look surprising but it is a fact that the property tax revenue of the municipal bodies in Delhi is much more than that of bigger states including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan

Updated On: 20 Nov 2022 | 10:21 AM IST

The report also noted that it was expecting the government to undershoot the fiscal deficit target when the budget was presented at 6%

Updated On: 11 Nov 2022 | 6:52 PM IST

The govt would do well to be cautious and resist the temptation of increasing expenditure in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections because the economy is likely to slow in the second half of the year

Updated On: 03 Nov 2022 | 9:09 AM IST

India's union budget, due to be presented in February, will outline the federal spending plan for the coming fiscal year

Updated On: 29 Oct 2022 | 6:08 AM IST