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Tax collection in FY16 exceeds revised estimates by Rs 5,000 crore

07 Apr 2016 Evaluate

The government’s total tax collection for the financial year 2015-16 has exceeded the revised estimate in the budget. Total tax collection during the financial year is pegged at Rs 14.60 lakh crore, which compares favourably with the revised target and represents a growth of 17.6% compared to the last financial year.The aggregate Budget Estimates (BE) for total direct and indirect tax revenues for the fiscal year 2015-16 was Rs 14.45 lakh crore, which was revised to Rs 14.55 lakh crore. 

The indirect tax revenue has exceeded budget estimates for 2015-16 by Rs 65,618 crore and the revised estimates by Rs 9,885 crore. The collection represents a growth of 31.1 per cent over 2014-15. Among indirect taxes in the form of customs, excise and service tax, the highest revision was seen for excise duty, which was revised to Rs 2.84 lakh crore from Rs 2.30 lakh crore for 2015-16.  On the other hand, direct tax realisations fell short by Rs 4,000 crore over the revised estimates. The realisation was 7.61 per cent higher than 2014-15 receipts.

While presenting Union Budget for 2016-17, finance minister Arun Jaitley had revised downwards the estimate for direct taxes Rs 45,974 crore to Rs 7,52,021 crore from Rs 7,97,995 crore estimated earlier for the financial year 2015-16. The estimates for indirect taxes, on the other hand, were revised upwards due to which the gross tax revenue target for 2015-16 was revised upwards to Rs 14,59,611 crore from Rs 14,49,490 crore estimated earlier.


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