The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has said that India’s gross direct tax collection in financial year 2020 (FY20) dipped 4.92 per cent to Rs 12.33 lakh crore on account of reduction in corporate tax rate, increased standard deduction and personal I-T exemption limit. The CBDT said the fall in tax collection is on expected line and temporary in nature. The gross direct tax collection in FY19 fiscal stood at Rs 12,97,674 crore.
The government had lowered the net direct tax collection target for FY20 to Rs 11.70 lakh crore in the Revised Estimates, from Rs 13.3 lakh crore projected in Budget presented in July 2019. Although CBDT has not made public the actual net direct tax collection in FY20, adjusting the gross collection (Rs 12.33 lakh crore) with refunds (Rs 1.84 lakh crore) show net collection of around Rs 10.49 lakh crore during the fiscal. Net collection is gross collection minus income tax refunds.
The actual gross corporate tax and Personal Income Tax (PIT) revenue mop up stood at Rs 6.78 lakh crore and Rs 5.55 lakh crore, respectively, in FY20, taking the actual gross direct tax collection to Rs 12,33,720. In FY20, refunds worth Rs 1.84 lakh crore were given by CBDT, a 14 per cent increase over Rs 1.61 lakh crore given in FY19. However, gross collection would have clocked a 8 per cent growth to Rs 14.01 lakh crore in FY20 if revenue foregone in corporate tax and PIT is taken into account.
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