Year-on-year, the collections grew by 83%. This growth was misleading since it comes on a 30% drop in tax mop-up a year earlier
The STT is a direct tax payable on the value of taxable securities transactions done through a stock exchange
Net daily liquidity absorbed from banks on July 9 was Rs 4.6 trillion, data released on Monday showed
Trend in contrast to moderation in GST collections last month
Hyderabad reported a 4 per cent decline with a collection of Rs 55,000 crore in FY21 against Rs 57,000 crore a year earlier.
With the payments of the last instalment on Monday, advance tax collection for FY21 was around 7 per cent higher than last year's
The direct tax collection target for FY21 saw a significant fall from Rs 13.19 trillion estimated earlier in view of the economic impact of the pandemic
In a Q&A, P C Mody says while income tax slabs have been left untouched, more money is being put in the hands of taxpayers with faster refunds. Tax administration reforms will boost tax compliance
Net collection stands at Rs 6.57 trn, compared with Rs 7.24 trn a year ago
This complements improvement in direct tax collection, with contraction narrowing to 9.6 per cent as on January 7
Personal income tax saw contraction shrink to 13 per cent by November from 22 per cent seen up to September, on the back of lower issuance of refunds and improvement in economic conditions
At 23 per cent, decline in collection was slightly better than 30 per cent seen a fortnight ago, provisional data show
Collections may come under pressure once the base effect wears off
However, the gross collections would have clocked a 8 per cent growth to Rs 14.01 trillion in 2019-20 if revenue foregone in corporate tax and Personal Income Tax (PIT) is taken into account
The CBDT said the assertion that in spite of the tax reforms, the investment has not been picking up is not correct and is without an appreciation of the reality of the business world
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Gross direct tax collection stood at Rs 41,556 crore in April, as against Rs 43,950 crore in the corresponding period last year
The income tax department estimates total collection to be between Rs 10.5 trillion and Rs 10.7 trillion against the revised target of Rs 11.7 trillion
The Revised Estimate (RE) has pegged the target for collection of direct taxes for the current fiscal, which ends on March 31, at Rs 11.70 trillion
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