Gross direct tax collection falls 31% so far in June quarter amid coronavirus pandemic

17 Jun 2020 Evaluate

Gross direct tax collection fell 31 percent to Rs 1,37,825 crore till June 15 of the first quarter of FY21 with advance corporate tax mop-up declining 79 percent amid coronavirus lockdown, which resulted in shuttering of most of the country's economic activities. The Budget for 2020-21 has estimated a 12 percent increase in gross tax collections at Rs 24.23 lakh crore, from Rs 21.63 lakh crore in FY20. The collection was lower in the last fiscal due to corporate tax rate cuts.

The budget target for direct taxes is Rs 13.19 lakh crore, which is 28 percent higher than Rs 10.28 lakh crore in FY20, as the government expects a good response to the tax dispute settlement scheme 'Vivad se Vishwas'. Total advance collection fell a massive 76.05 percent to Rs 11,714 crore so far in the June quarter from Rs 48,917 crore in the corresponding three-months in FY20.

Advance corporate tax collection plummeted 79 percent to Rs 8,286 crore in the first quarter of the current fiscal from Rs 39,405 crore in the June 2019 quarter. The advance personal income tax collection declined 64 percent to Rs 3,428 crore from Rs 9,512 crore in the year-ago period. This has pulled down gross direct tax collection by a full 31 per cent to Rs 1,37,825 crore in the first quarter of FY21, down from Rs 1,99,755 crore in the June 2019 quarter. After refunds, the total net direct tax collection is only Rs 92,681 crore so far this fiscal, a decline of 32 per cent from Rs 1,36,941 crore in the year-ago period. So far in the June quarter, the department has refunded Rs 45,143 crore. It is 28 per cent lower than Rs 62,813 crore that was refunded in the corresponding quarter last fiscal.

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