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What is Tax Collection?

Tax Collection

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What is Tax Collection?

In order to garner income for the government to finance social projects, tax is collected from individuals and corporations via direct tax and indirect tax. These two tax collections form the government's revenue.
 
Revenue receipts can be of two types — non-tax revenue and tax revenue. Tax revenue is the income gained by the government through taxation.
 
Tax revenue forms a part of the Receipt Budget, which in turn is part of the Annual Financial Statement of the Union Budget. Union Budget keeps the account of the government's finances for the fiscal year that runs from April 1 to March 31. Union
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Latest Updates on Tax Collection

Tax contribution of petroleum sector set to drop rapidly in FY 2024-25

Collections from windfall tax collections had cooled before it was withdrawn on December 2

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Updated On : 08 Dec 2024 | 11:29 PM IST

Corporation tax paid by listed companies at 4-year low in Q2 FY25

Tax payment by listed companies was down 7 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in Q2FY25, their worst showing in the last four years and the first decline in corporate tax in seven quarters

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Updated On : 03 Dec 2024 | 12:04 AM IST

Make tax collection less intrusive: Prez Murmu tells IRS trainees

The President told the trainee officers that to fulfil their role as administrators, they need to develop systems and processes that are transparent and ensure accountability

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Updated On : 02 Dec 2024 | 3:59 PM IST
Updated On : 01 Dec 2024 | 11:26 PM IST

Govt must explore non-tax measures, not just spending cuts, to boost fiscal

With such fiscal pressures on the Centre's finances, it is necessary for the finance ministry to explore non-tax areas to raise revenue

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Updated On : 22 Oct 2024 | 11:03 PM IST

Putting a leash: Govt likely to disband unit tracking pre-GST evasion

DGGI expects to complete investigation in all such cases by March

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Updated On : 13 Oct 2024 | 11:30 PM IST

Finance ministry notifies direct tax Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme, 2024

Though the scheme's operational date has been announced, the final date for the scheme is yet to be determined

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Updated On : 21 Sep 2024 | 12:28 AM IST

Kudos to CBIC for dropping difficult CGST Rules, reducing compliance burden

When goods are exported without IGST payment under bond or letter of undertaking, the ITC of GST paid on related inputs and input services remains unutilised

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Updated On : 16 Sep 2024 | 12:01 AM IST

Record Rs 81,875 crore GST evasion detected in online gaming in FY24

In terms of sectors, online money gaming was followed by the BFSI sector, which saw Rs 18,961 crore evaded in 171 cases

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Updated On : 15 Sep 2024 | 11:54 PM IST

E-governance journey in CBIC: Moving towards development outcomes

As the IT system became more scalable, it not only led to better compliance but also made CBIC future-ready and resilient

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Updated On : 03 Sep 2024 | 6:23 PM IST

Excise duty collections from petroleum sector decline 4.8% in FY24

Overall tax contribution of the petroleum sector rose marginally to Rs 7.51 trillion

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Updated On : 16 Aug 2024 | 8:18 PM IST

Income Tax dept begins scrutiny in reassessment cases for AY-2018-19

The scrutiny might result in a raft of tax notices

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Updated On : 30 Jul 2024 | 11:28 PM IST

'Don't want to raise tariffs to high levels as industry becomes complacent'

Since indirect tax figures are not being released, we are treating GST data in the same manner, he says

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Updated On : 26 Jul 2024 | 12:39 AM IST

Statsguru: Six charts explain govt's tax collections are beating estimates

The Budget on Tuesday is likely to increase the tax revenue projections by Rs 30,000-40,000 crore compared to the Interim Budget in February

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Updated On : 21 Jul 2024 | 11:02 PM IST

Outward remittances fell 16% in May due to increase in TCS: RBI bulletin

Remittances under the scheme stood at $2.42 billion in May 2024

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Updated On : 18 Jul 2024 | 11:45 PM IST

Advance tax collection surges 27.34% to Rs 1.48 trillion in June qtr so far

Refunds amounting to Rs 53,322 crore have also been issued in FY25 till June 17, which is 34 per cent higher than refunds issued during the same period in the preceding financial year

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Updated On : 18 Jun 2024 | 8:23 PM IST

I-T department set to complete 170,000 reassessments by next March

CBDT reopened total 600K cases between March 2021 and March 2024

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Updated On : 11 Jun 2024 | 11:06 PM IST

Tax origin not suitable measure for budgetary devolution to states: Study

Amongst the major states, an increase in the share of tax devolution over this period was observed in Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, and West Bengal

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Updated On : 07 Jun 2024 | 8:15 PM IST

GST collection soars 10% to Rs 1.73 trn in May, FY25 mopup at Rs 3.83 trn

Trend indicates tax collection to remain above Rs 1.7 trillion during the fiscal year

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Updated On : 01 Jun 2024 | 8:45 PM IST

GST collection rises 10% to Rs 1.73 trn in May on higher revenues

"The gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue for the month of May 2024 stood at Rs 1.73 trillion," the ministry said in a statement

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Updated On : 01 Jun 2024 | 7:45 PM IST