Indirect tax revenue up 12pc, exceeds Revised Estimates

In the Revised Estimates (RE) for 2020-21, the target was set at Rs 9.89 lakh crore.

New Delhi: The net indirect tax collections in 2020-21 grew 12.3 percent to Rs 10.71 lakh crore as compared to the previous fiscal year, thereby exceeding the target set in revised estimates, the finance ministry said on Tuesday.

The mop-up through indirect taxes, which include GST, Customs, and excise duties, was Rs 9.54 lakh crore in 2019-20. In the Revised Estimates (RE) for 2020-21, the target was set at Rs 9.89 lakh crore.

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In 2020-21, the net GST collection of the Centre stood at Rs 5.48 lakh crore, while Customs mop-up was Rs 1.32 lakh crore. The net tax collections on account of central excise and Service Tax (arrears) during 2020-21 stood at Rs 3.91 lakh crore as compared to Rs 2.45 lakh crore in 2019-20, thereby registering a growth of 59.2 percent, the ministry said in a statement.

“The provisional figures for indirect tax collections (GST and non-GST) for Financial Year 2020-21 show that net revenue collections are at Rs 10.71 lakh crore as compared to Rs 9.54 lakh crore for Financial Year 2019-20, thereby registering a growth of 12.3 percent,” it said.

Net indirect tax collection for 2020-21 shows that 108.2 percent of the RE of indirect taxes for the last financial year has been achieved. Net Tax collections on account of GST of the Centre (Central GST+ Integrated GST+ Compensation Cess) in 2020-21 is Rs 5.48 lakh crore as compared to Rs 5.99 lakh crore in the previous financial year.

RE of net GST collection including CGST and Compensation Cess for 2020-21 was Rs 5.15 lakh crore. “The actual net GST collection is 106 percent of total targeted collection (as per RE), though these are 8 percent lower than the last FY’s (2019-20) collection,” the ministry added.

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