Festival month saw 12% dip in direct tax revenue to Rs 88,293 cr
After surcharges and cesses, this tax comes to 17.01 per cent against 29.12 per cent if the companies don't opt for this tax
Exceeds estimates by 0.7% to hit Rs 19.58 trn
At Rs 18.9 trillion, collection accounted for over 97 per cent of the revised estimates at Rs 19.45 trillion
Growth in both corporation tax and personal income tax was more than the asking rate under RE
Currently, the tax collection stands at 58.15% of the total Budget Estimates for FY24
Excise duty mop-up falls 15%
The FY24 Budget has projected a corporation tax mop-up of Rs 9.23 trillion, up 10.5 per cent from Rs 8.35 trillion in 2022-23 (Revised Estimates)
Presently, no TDS is required on interest payable in the case of listed dematerialised securities
The budget pegs tax revenue at Rs 33.6 trillion, which is higher by 10.4 per cent over Rs 30.4 trillion projected in revised estimates for the current financial year (FY23)
From 2020-21 onwards, the Budget gave an option of a lower personal income tax regime to those earning up to Rs 15 lakh, provided they forgo some exemptions
Experts caution that fiscal support alone may create artificial demand and jack up prices
British Prime Minister Liz Truss has abandoned a planned cut to corporation tax, scrapping a key part of an economic plan that sparked weeks of market and political turmoil
The UK govt is expected to publish an emergency budget statement Friday outlining how it plans to slash taxes, tame soaring inflation and boost economic growth as a recession looms on the horizon
Net direct tax collections (net of refunds) for the current financial year have grown at 23 per cent to over Rs 7 trillion between April 1 and September 17
While the new corporation tax regime has drawn a good response, the personal income tax regime seems to have attracted only a lukewarm response
Tax dept attributed the robust growth to simplified tax regime, low rates and no exemptions
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