Currently, only 1.4 million traders are registered under the GST. The CM stressed the number needed to increase to 2.5 million by next financial year
October was the second month when the collection declined year-on-year. In September, it was down 2.7%
This is the third consecutive month when GST mop-up remained below the Rs 1 trillion mark, despite October being a festive month
In April-August 2019, Centre's GST revenue grew 13%, SGST for key states contracted 5%
Nath said the GST is not being executed properly and several amendments were being made in quick succession
Isaac tweeted that the record low GST collections in Sept not only reflected an economic slowdown, but also mess in GST administration.
The revenue collection in the same month a year ago stood at Rs 94,442 crore
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This was the second month in the current fiscal year that the collections could not hit the Rs 1-trillion mark, the first being June
However, the central and state portions remained subdued, posing a challenge for the revenue target for the financial year
GST collections fell below Rs 1 trillion ($14.59 billion) for the first time in the current fiscal year in June, projecting weak consumer demand
While the GST collections in June were lower than Rs 1,00,289 crore in May, they were higher than Rs 95,610 crore receipts in the same month of the previous year
Mitra said the peak rate of 28% should be completely abolished
Together with direct taxes, it may help Centre move closer to fiscal deficit target
Rs 119.22 billion has been released to the states as GST compensation for the months of August and September
The collections during November and December 2018 would reflect the sales and purchases made during the months of October and November 2018
The target for each state is based on the revenues that should flow to the state so that it does not need to be compensated for any loss in revenues from GST through the compensation cess
The Centre paid Rs 149.3 billion to compensate states for revenue loss incurred in June and July, a nearly four-fold jump compared to Rs 38.99 billion paid for the months of April and May
In the GST, there is scope for rationalising rates, but timing is very important in all this, whether you want to do it now or wait for another 3 months & see how revenue is doing,says Sarna