Collection of Indirect Taxes

An Increase of 37.3 % Registered During the Month of May 2015 over the Corresponding Period in the Previous Year; Central Excise Collections Registered an Increase of 84.2%; Customs Collections Registered an Increase of 16% While Service Tax Collections Registered an Increase of 13.2% During the Same Period;  FM: The Underlying Momentum in the Economy is Improving Across all Sectors Including Manufacturing as Reflected in Healthy Excise Collections During the First Two Months of the Current Financial Year 2015-16.

Indirect Tax Revenue (Provisional) Collections increase from ₹ 36,408 Crore in May, 2014 to ₹ 49,993 Crore during May 2015, thus registering an Increase of 37.3% during the month of May 2015 over the corresponding period in the previous year.

Overall, Indirect tax collections during the first two months i.e. from April to May, 2015 of the Current Financial Year 2015-16 increased from ₹ 69,069 crore (during the same period in 2014-15) to ₹ 96,128 crore and thus registering an increase of 39.2% during April- May 2015 over the corresponding period in the previous year.

These increase were spread across all the three categories- customs, central excise and service tax.

Central Excise collections have increased from ₹ 11,838 crore in May 2014 to ₹ 21,809 crore during May, 2015 registering an increase of 84.2 %.  Central Excise collections during April to May 2015 increased to ₹ 38,535 crore from ₹ 20,493 crore (during April to May 2014) and thus registering an increase of 88.0%.

Customs collections have increased from ₹ 13,539 crore during May, 2014 to ₹ 15,700 crore during May 2015 registering an increase of 16.0%. Customs collections during April to May 2015 increased to ₹ 29,986 crore from ₹ 25,094 crore (during April to May 2014) and thus registering an increase of 19.5%.

Service Tax collections have increased from ₹ 11,031 crore in May 2014 to ₹ 12,484 crore during May 2015 registering an increase of 13.2 %. Service Tax collections during April to May 2015 increased to ₹ 27,607 crore from ₹ 23,482 crore (during April to May 2014) and thus registering an increase of 17.6.0%.

Responding to the indirect tax collection figures, the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley said that the these indirect tax collections reflect in part the effect of the additional measures taken by the Central Government including the Central Excise increase on diesel and petrol, increase in clean energy cess, and the withdrawal of exemptions for motor vehicles and consumer durables. He said that even after taking-out the impact of these additional measures, indirect tax collections have shown an increase of 16.9% in May 2015 over May 2014; and by 12.6% for the two month period April-May 2015 over the same period last year i.e. April- May 2014.

The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley further said that the underlying momentum in the economy is improving across all sectors including manufacturing as reflected in healthy Excise collections during the first two months of the Current Financial Year 2015-16.

Indirect tax collections rise significantly year on year, partly due to policy adjustments but still positive after adjustment. Provisional indirect tax collections increased year on year in May 2015 and for April-May 2015, with central excise, customs and service tax all contributing; central excise recorded the largest percentage rise. The Finance Minister stated that some of the increase reflected Government measures (higher excise on diesel and petrol, higher clean energy cess, withdrawal of exemptions) and that adjusted growth excluding these measures remained positive for May and the two month period.