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Direct tax collection jumps 17.1% to Rs 9.95 lakh crore in FY18

03 Apr 2018 Evaluate

The government’s revenue collection during fiscal year 2017-18 has gone up by 17.1 percent at Rs 9.95 lakh crore, supported by the addition of one crore new assessees who have started filing income tax returns. According to the Ministry of Finance, the net Direct Tax collections represent 101.5% of the Budget Estimates (Rs 9.8 lakh crore) and 99% of the Revised Estimates (Rs 10.05 lakh crore) of Direct Taxes for FY 2017-18.

The Ministry also indicated that nearly 6.84 crore income tax returns (ITRs) were filed in FY18 against 5.43 crore in FY17, registering a growth of 26 percent. It noted that before adjusting for refunds, gross collections have increased by 13 percent to Rs 11.44 lakh crore in FY 2017-18. Further, the data showed that refunds amounting to Rs 1.49 lakh crore have been issued during 2017-18. It added that net corporate tax recorded a growth of 17.1% while net personal income tax (including STT) recorded a growth of 18.9%.

The data highlighted that during FY18, the number of new ITR filers has also increased to 99.49 lakh as compared to 85.51 lakh new ITR filers added during FY17, which translates into a growth of 16.3 percent. It pointed out that the increase in total returns filed and new returns filed during FY18 is a result of sustained efforts made by the Income Tax Department in following up with potential non-filers through email, SMS, statutory notices, outreach programmes, etc. as well as through structural changes made in law and the Government’s emphasis on widening of tax net. 

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