The government’s revenue collection during fiscal year 2016-17 has shown a healthy growth of 18 percent at Rs 17.10 lakh crore as compared to last year. It was highest in last 6 years and also surpassed the revised tax collection target. Indirect tax collection surged by 22 percent at Rs 8.63 lakh crore on the back of robust collection in excise duty mop-up. This has exceeded the Revised Estimates (RE) of Rs 8.5 lakh crore for FY17. Direct tax jumped by 14.2 percent to Rs 8.47 lakh crore led by increase in personal income tax, which is 100 percent of the RE of Rs 8.47 lakh crore for FY17. Earlier, in the revised estimates for FY17 presented in the budget, the government had raised the tax collection target to Rs 17.03 lakh crore against Rs 16.3 lakh crore estimated initially.
In indirect tax collections, central excise collections during April-February jumped 33.9 percent to Rs 3.83 lakh crore as compared to Rs 2.86 lakh crore in the same period of previous financial year. Service tax collations in the same period clocked a growth of 20.2 percent to Rs 3.83 lakh crore as compared to Rs 2.86 lakh crore in FY16. Net Tax collections on account of Customs during FY17 stood at Rs 2.26 lakh crore as compared to Rs 2.10 lakh crore during the same period in the previous year, thereby registering a growth of 7.4 percent.
On the direct tax front, the gross collection of corporate income tax (CIT) grew at 13.1 percent, while under personal income tax (PIT) it was 18.4 percent over the corresponding period last fiscal. However, after adjusting for refunds, the net growth in CIT collections is 6.7 percent, while that in PIT collections is 21.0 percent. Refunds amounting to Rs 1.62 lakh crore have been issued during April 2016-March 2017, up 32.6 percent from a year ago period.
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