GROSS DIRECT TAX COLLECTION DURING APRIL-JANUARY OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2014-15

GROSS DIRECT TAX COLLECTION DURING APRIL-JANUARY OF THE
FINANCIAL YEAR 2014-15 IS UP BY 11.38 PERCENT AT RS. 5,78,715
CRORE AS AGAINST RS. 5,19,588 CRORE DURING THE SAME PERIOD
LAST YEAR


                                                                                               New Delhi, February 13, 2015
                                                                                                                        Magha 24, 1936


Gross direct tax collection during April-January of the Financial Year 2014-15
is up by 11.38 percent at Rs. 5,78,715 crore as against Rs. 5,19,588 crore collected
during the same period last year. Gross collection of Corporate tax has shown an
increase of 11.04 percent and stood at Rs. 3, 64,665 crore as against Rs. 3, 28,413
crore collected during the same period last year. Gross collection of Personal income
tax is up by 11.32 percent and stood at Rs.2, 07,613 crore as against Rs.1, 86,502
crore collected during the same period last year. Securities Transaction Tax (STT)
stands at Rs. 5556 crore at a growth of 44.12%. Net direct tax collections are up by
6.21 percent and stand at Rs. 4,74,488 crore, as compared to Rs. 4,46,756 crore in the
same period in the last fiscal.


Advance tax collection has shown a growth of 13.26% during April-January of
the FY 2014-15 as against the growth of 8.71% shown at the same time previous year.
Growth in TDS is 7.79% as against 16.65% in the same period last year.


The Self-Assessment Tax shows a growth of 22.22% as against 10.94% in the
same period last year. The growth in Regular Tax is 17.25% as against 24.14% in the
same period last year.