Indirect tax collection increases by 13.8% during April-June period

11 Jul 2012 Evaluate

During the April-June 2012 quarter the indirect tax collection rose up by 13.8% to Rs 1.07 lakh crore which way less then the planned 27% growth for 2012-13 year. The total indirect amount stood at Rs 10,7959.

A senior finance ministry official said “We will achieve this year's indirect tax collection target of Rs 5.05 lakh crore. The government has fixed different types of indirect tax including customs, excise and service tax collection target at Rs 5.05 lakh crore in the current fiscal year up about 27% from 2011-12 target.

In the first quarter the current fiscal, an amount of Rs 38,744 crore and Rs 41,147 crore was collected on account of customs and excise duty respectively. Along with it service tax added Rs 28,068 crore to the central exchequer. In the month of June indirect tax collection increased up by 14.8% to Rs 37,748 crore, while custom duty collection was at Rs 13,284 crore. Finally excise mop up was amounted to Rs 13,849 crore.

In 2011-12 indirect tax was amounted to Rs 3,92,781 crore which was 99.6% of the budget estimate. In April to June period the gross indirect tax collection was up by 6.77% to Rs 1.11 lakh crore which was short of the target annual growth of 15%.

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