The government may see a shortfall of Rs 50,000 crore in the direct tax collection target of Rs 12 lakh crore for 2018-19. The shortfall in direct tax mop-up and lower Goods and Services Tax (GST) realisation may have implications on fiscal deficit, which the government has pegged at 3.4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).
As per the Budget documents, the direct tax collection target had been revised upwards to Rs 12 lakh crore from the original budget estimate of Rs 11.5 lakh crore for 2018-19. The government was expecting a higher mop-up from corporate tax. The revision was made during the interim Budget for 2019-20 in February.
The target for GST collection was revised downwards to Rs 6.44 lakh crore from the Budget Estimate of Rs 7.44 lakh crore. The GST mop-up is also estimated to have missed the revised target. The GST Council had reduced tax rates on several items during 2018-19.
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