Continuing its trend, the government’s revenue collection during April-August period of fiscal year 2017-18 has shown a steady growth. Direct Tax collections, which comprise personal income and corporate tax, jumped 17.5 percent to Rs 2.24 lakh crore in the first five months ending August 2017, mainly on account of income tax mop-up from individuals.
This is 22.9 percent of the total budget estimates of direct taxes for the current financial year. The government estimates to collect Rs 9.80 lakh crore from direct taxes in the current fiscal. In the April-August period last fiscal, 2016-17, the direct tax collection had grown 15.03 percent to Rs 1.89 lakh crore.
In terms of gross revenue collections, personal income tax (PIT) collections (including Securities Transaction Tax) rose 16 percent, while corporate income tax (CIT) mop-up grew 5 percent. Refunds amounting to Rs 74,089 crore have been issued during April-August 2017 which is 7.2 percent lower than the refunds issued during the corresponding period last fiscal. After adjusting for refunds, the net growth in corporate tax collections was 18.1 percent, while that in income tax collections was 16.5 percent.
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