GST collections rise 9% to Rs 1.03 lakh crore in December

02 Jan 2020 Evaluate

The finance ministry in its latest data has showed that Goods and services tax (GST) collections surged about 9% in December 2019 to Rs 1,03,184 crore, from Rs 94,726 crore a year earlier. This improvement has come largely because of steps taken to increase compliance and check evasion.  It was a second time in a row, the GST revenue collection remained above the Rs 1 lakh crore mark. GST collection in November 2019 stood at Rs 1,03,492 crore.

Of the gross Rs 1,03,184 crore last month, CGST is Rs 19,962 crore, SGST is Rs 26,792 crore, IGST is Rs 48,099 crore (including Rs 21,295 crore collected on imports) and Cess is Rs 8,331 crore (including Rs 847 crore collected on imports).

The ministry mentioned that GST revenues in December 2019 from domestic transactions have shown an impressive growth of 16% over revenues collected in December 2018. Among provinces, Jammu and Kashmir showed the highest year-on-year increase in collections, which rose 40% to Rs 409 crore last month. Maharashtra achieved the highest GST collection at Rs 16,530 crore, a 22% increase from December last year.

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