Advance tax payments show a double digit rise in Q1

15 Jun 2012 Evaluate

Advance tax payments of India Inc. in the first quarter of this fiscal is likely to soothe the worried sentiments, as there was an overall increase witnessed despite widening economic gloom. Though, there was widespread concern that manufacturing will be the worst sector, and capital goods and metals space along with telecom, cement, and auto companies will report lower advance tax numbers this quarter compared to same quarter last year. But surprisingly the major cement companies announced an increase in their first quarter advance tax numbers, only Grasim Industries reported lesser amount of advance tax, otherwise all other came up with considerable rise in their payments, with UltraTech Cements reporting a surge of 175%. The banking sector also came up with higher advance tax numbers and irrespective of private or public, most of them announced an increase of over 10% in their payments. Pharma companies were other bright spot with most of them paying considerably higher tax this quarter, Lupin’s advance tax for the quarter increased by over 110%. Most of the Tata Companies too reported higher advance tax payments, though Tata Motors and Voltas came with lower numbers.  Also, the oil companies that have been in nil advance tax category for last many quarter, paid good amount in the first quarter. There were some surprises from the negative side too, major companies like Reliance Industries, L&T and Hindalco  paid lower advance tax by 15%, 11% and 29% respectively for the Q1. Overall the advance tax was pegged to be higher by over 10% in the first quarter, giving a reason to cheer in a gloomy global economic setup.

                       Some of the major companies and their advance tax numbers compared with corresponding previous quarter (as per media sources):

Company

Q1 FY13 (Rs Cr.)

Q1FY12 (Rs Cr.)

% Change

Union Bank

190

175

8.57

SBI

1170

1100

6.36

BoB

300

270

11.11

Bank of India

175

170

2.94

Kotak Mah Bank

75

60

25.00

IDBI Bank

240

190

26.32

IndusInd Bank

60

40

50.00

YES Bank

70

60

16.67

Dena Bank

77

55

40.00

Central Bank

140

138

1.45

HDFC Bank

500

400

25.00

HDFC

300

255

17.65

LIC Hsg Finance

57

47

21.28

ONGC

1300-1400

1070

 

IOC

120

0

 

BPCL

68

77

-11.69

GSK Pharma

50

43

16.28

Lupin

38

18

111.11

Pfizer

15

13

15.38

Cipla

45

35

28.57

Ultratech Cements

110

40

175.00

ACC

45

40

12.50

Ambuja Cements

60

50

20.00

Grasim Inds.

20

30

-33.33

Tata Motors

55

60

-8.33

Tata Power

32

30

6.67

Tata Steel

270

260

3.85

Tata Chemicals

29

25

16.00

Voltas

12

20

-40.00

TCS

370

250

48.00

HUL

140

95

47.37

Godrej Cons. Products

15

17

-11.76

Colgate

45

30

50.00

Asian Paints

55

55

0

M&M Finance

90

90

0

L&T

160

180

-11.11

Crompton Greaves

26

30

-13.33

Hindalco

50

70

-28.57

Siemens

50

62

-19.35

Aditya Birla Nuvo

20

20

0

Castrol

38

40

-5.00

RCF

17

9

88.98

NMDC

540

500

8.00

Bajaj Auto

150

120

25

 RIL

768

900

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