Government’s worries are likely to increase further with tax collection growing at a sluggish pace, it has been reported that the Indirect tax collections in the first half (April-September period) of this fiscal grew by mere 5.1 percent to around Rs 2,29 lakh crore, not even halfway mark of the budgeted Rs 5.65 lakh crore for the whole year. In September, total indirect tax collection stood at Rs 42,700 crore, up 13 percent from the same month last year. Government had increased its indirect tax collection target to Rs 5.65 lakh crore for 2013-14, up by 19 percent from Rs 4.73 lakh crore in the last fiscal.
The drop in collection was mainly due to the decline of Excise collection by 6 percent during the period to over Rs 89,000 crore, against the same period in the last fiscal year. However, Customs mop up was up 10 percent to Rs 80,550 crore during the period, while the Service tax collection grew by 16 percent to Rs 59,000 crore during the period.
Growth in industrial production has slowed and the drop in Excise collection reflects the slump in manufacturing activity, as slowing economic growth is likely to impact collection of indirect taxes and raise outgo on subsidies. The Finance Ministry, however, is expecting collections to pick up in the coming months led by a growth in industrial output in July and August and the pick up in industrial output is expected to reflect in taxes from October.
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