Indirect tax collection up 36% in first seven months
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Excise duty rises on oil, along with a couple of other measures, pushed up indirect tax collection by 36.8 per cent to Rs 58,691 crore in October and 35.9 per cent to Rs 3.82 lakh crore in the first seven months (April to October) of the current financial year, official data showed on Monday.
However, for gauging industrial growth, the impact of additional measures have to be taken out. In that case, these collections were up only 13.5 per cent in April-October 2015-16, finance minister Arun Jaitley had earlier said.
Beside excise duty rises on petroleum, additional steps include withdrawal of concessions here for automobiles and capital goods, and an increase in the service tax rate in June to 14 per cent from the earlier 12.66 per cent. The effect of the additional measures was evident, as the bulk of the growth in indirect taxes came from excise duty collection, which grew 68.6 per cent to Rs 1.47 lakh crore till October.
For October alone, the duty delivered Rs 22,550 crore to the exchequer, rising 66.2 per cent.
The indirect tax collections in these first seven months — service tax, excise duty and customs — were 60 per cent of the entire Budget Estimate for the year.
Customs revenue grew 16.8 per cent to Rs 1.22 lakh crore during the seven months. Service tax revenue expanded 26.1 per cent to Rs 1.12 lakh crore in the period. It could rise more after November 15, as a 0.5 per cent Swachh Bharat tax would yield more to the kitty. Also, an excise duty rise from Saturday would add another Rs 3,000 crore in the remaining period of FY16.
The finance ministry is expecting a five to seven per cent shortfall, about Rs 50,000 crore, in collection for the year on account of lower than estimated revenue from direct taxes but expects robust indirect tax collection to compensate.
Industrial growth was 4.1 per cent in June and 6.4 per cent in August. The September figures would be issued later this week.
The government remains confident of over 7.5 per cent economic growth for 2015-16, though it had fallen to seven per cent in the first quarter of 2015-16, against 7.5 per cent in the previous quarter. (Business Standard)
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