Q3 Advance tax collection marginally up by 7.5% to Rs 78,000 crore

24 Dec 2012 Evaluate

In signs of slowing growth eating into profit margins of corporates, Advance tax collection registered a marginal increase of 7.5 per cent in the third quarter to Rs 78,000 crore. Advance corporate tax collections have shown 7 per cent growth year-on-year, while advance tax collections from individuals and firms registered 12 per cent growth during the period.

Companies pay advance taxes in four installments. In the current quarter, they have to pay 30 per cent of their annual tax liability. However, lots of major names like RIL, L&T and SBI paid lower amount compared to same quarter last year, indicating that the slowdown in economic activity is affecting profitability. Barring few, most of the banks paid higher Q3 advance tax, the private and global banks surpassed their PSU counterparts and Deutsche Bank even paid double of what it paid in same quarter last year.

Further, the Cement companies gave a mixed view, while the pharma sector showed their continued bullishness and paid higher advance taxes for the third quarter. There was some disappointment too, as one of the top companies, Reliance Industries paid around 10% lower advance tax, while the construction major L&T’s tax outgo too were lower by around 5%.

Further, the rise is advance tax collection at 7.5 per cent during the quarter was lower than the annual increase of 15 per cent in direct taxes that is envisaged for the current fiscal in the budget. However, the IT department is expected to approach a non-adversarial approach in realizing the direct tax target of Rs 5.70 lakh crore for 2012-13.

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