After crossing Rs 1 lakh crore mark for the first time since the launch of new tax regime in April 2018, the government’s revenue collection under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) during the month of May 2018 has declined to Rs 94,016 crore, but it was higher than the average monthly collection of Rs 89,885 crore during 2017-18. The government has collected Rs 1.03 lakh crore in April. The Finance Ministry has said that the April revenue figure was higher because of year end effect.
According to the data, the total gross GST revenue collected in May was Rs 94,016 crore, out of which Central GST (CGST) was Rs 15,866 crore, State GST (SGST) Rs 21,691 crore, Integrated GST (IGST) Rs 49,120 crore (including Rs 24,447 crore collected on imports) and cess Rs 7,339 crore. As many as 62.47 lakh businesses filed their summary sales return GSTR-3B in the month under review.
The Finance Ministry said that the total revenue earned by Central Government and the State Governments after settlement in the month of May, 2018 is Rs 28,797 crore for CGST and Rs 34,020 crore for SGST. Besides, the Union government on May 29, has released Rs 6,696 crore to the states as GST compensation for March 2018. Therefore, the total GST compensation released to the states for the Financial Year 2017-18 (July 2017 to March 2018) has been Rs 47,844 crore.
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