Buoyant corporate performance has pushed up direct tax collection by 42 per cent during the first five months of the current financial year.
The direct tax collections went up to Rs 61,030 crore (Rs 610.3 billion) during April-August 2007-08 as compared to Rs 42,980 crore (Rs 429.8 billion) during the corresponding period last fiscal, a finance ministry release stated on Thursday.
Corporate tax collection grew by 49.49 per cent during the five-month period to Rs 33,766 crore (Rs 337.66 billion), up from Rs 22,587 crore (Rs 225.87 billion) a year ago.
Personal income tax realisation (including fringe benefit tax, securities transaction tax and banking cash transaction tax) grew 33.76 per cent to Rs 27,206 crore, up from Rs 20,340 crore (Rs 203.4 billion) during the corresponding period last