Corporate tax revenues grow 2.01%, gross direct tax receipts up 6.59%
9 Nov 2012 2:36 AM GMT
Subdued corporate tax realisation on account of slow economic activity kept growth in gross direct tax collection at a mere 6.59 per cent during the April-October period of the current fiscal.
The collection during the first seven months of 2012-13 was Rs 3.02 lakh crore, up from Rs 2.84 lakh crore in the same period last year, a finance ministry statement said.
Corporate tax collection during the period grew by just 2.01 per cent at Rs 1.93 lakh crore. It was Rs 1.89 lakh crore during the corresponding period last fiscal.
The country's industrial production growth rate declined to meagre 0.4 per cent in the April-August period, compared to 5.6 per cent in the same period last fiscal.
The personal income tax collection, however, was up by 15.78 per cent at Rs 1.08 lakh crore as against Rs 93,769 crore in first seven month of the last fiscal.
Wealth tax collection recorded a growth of 25.84 per cent at Rs 526 crore, against Rs 418 crore in same period last year.
Securities Transaction Tax (STT) collection declined by 15.42 per cent at Rs 2,502 crore in the April-October period, from Rs 2,958 crore in the corresponding period last year.
The net direct tax collection registered a growth of 14.63 per cent to about Rs 2.50 lakh crore, against Rs 2.18 lakh crore in the same period last year.
The collection during the first seven months of 2012-13 was Rs 3.02 lakh crore, up from Rs 2.84 lakh crore in the same period last year, a finance ministry statement said.
Corporate tax collection during the period grew by just 2.01 per cent at Rs 1.93 lakh crore. It was Rs 1.89 lakh crore during the corresponding period last fiscal.
The country's industrial production growth rate declined to meagre 0.4 per cent in the April-August period, compared to 5.6 per cent in the same period last fiscal.
The personal income tax collection, however, was up by 15.78 per cent at Rs 1.08 lakh crore as against Rs 93,769 crore in first seven month of the last fiscal.
Wealth tax collection recorded a growth of 25.84 per cent at Rs 526 crore, against Rs 418 crore in same period last year.
Securities Transaction Tax (STT) collection declined by 15.42 per cent at Rs 2,502 crore in the April-October period, from Rs 2,958 crore in the corresponding period last year.
The net direct tax collection registered a growth of 14.63 per cent to about Rs 2.50 lakh crore, against Rs 2.18 lakh crore in the same period last year.
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