Gross direct tax mop-up grows 24% to Rs 15.67 lakh crore, net collection touches 79% of revised estimates

Gross direct tax collections grew 24 per cent to Rs 15.67 lakh crore so far this fiscal, the finance ministry said on Saturday. After adjusting for refunds, the net direct tax collection stood at Rs 12.98 lakh crore, a growth of 18.40 per cent. The net collections are about 79 per cent of Revised Estimates (RE) of direct tax collection for current fiscal, the CBDT said.

The revised estimates for the current fiscal pegged direct tax revenues at Rs 16.50 lakh crore, higher than the budget estimates of Rs 14.20 lakh crore. "The provisional figures of direct tax collections up to 10th February, 2023 continue to register steady growth.

Direct tax collections up to 10th February, 2023 show that gross collections are at Rs 15.67 lakh crore which is 24.09 per cent higher than the gross collections for the corresponding period of last year," Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said in a statement.

In the current fiscal (2022-23), the revenues from direct tax (which includes income and corporate taxes) are projected to grow by over 17 per cent compared to 2021-22 fiscal when the collection was Rs 14.08 lakh crore.