In an indication that the government will face difficulty in meeting its revenue target, the gross direct tax, which includes personal income tax, corporate tax, securities transaction tax and wealth tax, collections rose by 14.43% to Rs 1.88 lakh crore during the April-August period of 2013-14 fiscal as against Rs 1.64 lakh crore in the same period last year.
The rise is much lesser than the total budgeted target of the Rs 6.68 lakh crore, representing a growth of 19 per cent from Rs 5.65 lakh crore in the previous fiscal that the government plans to collect through corporate tax, income tax and wealth tax this fiscal year. While corporate tax collection, in view of the slowdown in economic activity, grew by 11.72%, to Rs 1,08,075 crore from Rs 96,738 crore a year earlier, gross collection of personal income tax was up by 18.91% to Rs 78,187 crore in the first five months of this fiscal, from Rs 65,752 crore in the year ago period. Additionally, Securities transaction tax or (STT) mop-up stands at Rs 1,649 crore, while wealth tax collection posted a growth of 24.44% to Rs 280 crore against Rs.225 crore collected in the same period last fiscal.
However, interestingly, net direct tax collections during the April-August period this fiscal rose at a faster pace of 15.42% to Rs 1,43,138 crore as compared to Rs 1,24,019 crore mopped up in the same period a year ago.
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