Indirect Tax Revenue (Provisional) Collections increase

New Delhi, September 12, 2014: Indirect Tax Revenue (Provisional) collections have increased from Rs 1,85,881crore in April-August 2013 to Rs. 1,94,492crore during April-August 2014. Thus an increase of 4.6 % has been registered during April-August 2014 over the corresponding period in the previous year. Overall, it is an achievement of 31.2 % of the Budget Estimates for 2014-15. Service Tax collections have also increased from Rs. 53,751 crore in April-August 2013 to Rs. 61,870 crore during April-August 2014 registering an increase of 15.1%. Similarly, there was an increase in collections of Central Excise from Rs. 61,131 crore in April-August 2013 to Rs 61,415 crore during April-August 2014, an increase of 0.5 % and customs from Rs. 70,999 crore in April-August 2013  to Rs.71,207 crore during April-August 2014, an increase of 0.3% over the corresponding period in the previous year.
Details of Indirect Tax Revenue (Provisional) Collections during April-August 2014, along with growth rate compared to the corresponding period in the previous year are as follows:

For the period April – August 2014   

                                                                                                             (Rs. in crores)

*Exclusive of cess administered by other departments.

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