The Government has informed that there are no indications about any slow or inefficient collections of central taxes due to present system of collection. The procedure has been in place and working efficiently. Moreover, improvement in the system is a continuous process. Details of tax collections during the last three financial years indicating the trend of collections are given below:

  Rs. in crore

Nature of Taxes	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15*
Direct Taxes	558658	638544	695797
Indirect Taxes	474482	497061	544157

*provisional

In order to improve efficiency and quality of tax administration, the government has introduced a revised appraisal forms i.e., Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) for taxmen, incorporating accountability parameters relating to assessment and expanding tax base to reflect quantitative and qualitative outcomes in order to further enhance the efficiency, which will also improve the taxpayers’ services. 

This was stated by Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

Tax administration accountability strengthened by revised APAR to enhance assessment quality, widen tax base and improve taxpayer services. The Government introduced a revised appraisal instrument, the Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR), for tax officials incorporating accountability parameters linked to assessment performance and tax base expansion, with the stated aim of enhancing administrative efficiency, assessment quality, revenue coverage and taxpayer services.