GST collections in October stood at over Rs 1.05 trillion, crossing for the first time Rs 1 trillion mark since February this year, the finance ministry said
The GST collection in West Bengal from centrally administered assessees has increased by 10.16 per cent in September 2020 as compared to the same month last year, an official said
The decision comes days after the GST Council failed to reach a consensus on the stalemate over the Centre's proposal of states borrowing against future GST collections to make up for the shortfall.
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The projected total compensation shortfall in current fiscal stands at Rs 2.35 trillion
State reiterates that Centre is bound to compensate the shortfall in GST collections and should find necessary funds for the purpose if there was a shortfall in cess collections
The highest GST collections reported in the current fiscal year so far were Rs 90,917 crore in June
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The gross GST collection in August stood at Rs 86,449 crore, down from Rs 87,422 crore collected in July, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, appealing to him to consider more legally viable options for providing Goods and Services Tax dues to the states
He asked the government to ensure that the states get their full dues of the compensation in the current year itself
The coronavirus pandemic was an "act of God" that may even lead to contraction in the economy, says Finance Minister.
GST collections in July were 4 per cent lower than June 2020 as well
The July collections, which is 84 per cent of last year's numbers, is however, a recovery from the months of April and May
The move comes as the government is looking at ways to plug evasion amid dismal GST collections with the pandemic driving economy towards recession
Difficult to gauge from state GST revenues collections whether or not economic activity is picking up, say experts
Network says June 30, the last day of Unlock 1.0, ended with generation of 1.83 million E-way bills worth over Rs 54,500 crore, which is the highest since lockdown was enforced
The finance minister asked taxmen to make life easier for MSMEs, particularly on GST front
However, the rate of decline has come down considerably to just 9.02 per cent from 38.17 per cent in May and 71.63 per cent in April
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