Finance ministry has said that Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections in India declined to Rs 87,422 crore in July 2020 as compared to Rs 90,917 crore in the previous month. However, the July collections are higher than Rs 62,009 crore GST mopped up in May and Rs 32,294 crore in April. On Year-on-year basis, the July 2020 collections are 86 percent of the revenues mopped up in the same month last year. In July 2019, the GST revenue was over Rs 1.02 lakh crore.
Of the total GST revenue collected in July, Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) is Rs 16,147 crore, State Goods and Service Tax (SGST) is Rs 21,418 crore and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) is Rs 42,592 crore (including Rs 20,324 crore collected on import of goods) and cess is Rs 7,265 crore (including Rs 807 crore collected on import of goods). During the month, GST revenues of all major states were down in the range of 15-20 percent over July 2019.
The ministry further said although the June collections were higher than that in July, however, it is important to note that during the previous month, a large number of taxpayers also paid taxes pertaining to February, March and April 2020 on account of the relief provided due to COVID-19. It may also be noted that the taxpayers with turnover less than Rs 5 crore continue to enjoy relaxation in filing of returns till September 2020.
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