New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) Net direct tax collection grew 13.13 per cent to over Rs 21.26 lakh crore so far this fiscal aided by by higher advance tax mop up, government data showed on Monday.

During the year, the government collected Rs 10.44 lakh crore from four instalments of advance tax as against Rs 9.11 lakh crore in the previous fiscal, registering a growth of 14.62 per cent.

The last instalment of the advance tax payment was due on March 15, 2025, for the current financial year.

Advance tax collection under the corporate tax category rose by 12.54 per cent to Rs 7.57 lakh crore while non-corporates witnessed a growth rate of 20.47 per cent to Rs 2.87 lakh crore during the financial year.

An individual whose estimated tax liability is likely to be over Rs 10,000 (after considering tax deducted and collected at source — TDS and TCS) is required to pay advance tax that year, as per Section 208 of the Income-Tax Act. This includes salaried taxpayers.

Advance tax is to be paid before the end of the financial year on the income that one would have earned that year.

Advance tax is paid in four instalments — June 15, September 15, December 15, and March 15 of the financial year.

As per the data released by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), mop up from net non-corporate taxes, which include mainly personal income tax, grew 17 per cent year-on-year to about Rs 11.01 lakh crore.

However, net corporate tax collection rose in single digits at 7 per cent to Rs 9.69 lakh crore between April 1, 2024, and March 16, 2025.

Net collections from securities transaction tax (STT) surged nearly 56 per cent to Rs 53,095 crore so far this fiscal.

Refunds worth more than Rs 4.60 lakh crore were issued during the period as against Rs 3.47 lakh crore in the year-ago period.

Gross direct tax mop up till March 16 grew 16.15 per cent to more than Rs 25.86 lakh crore.

In the revised estimates (RE) for the current fiscal, the government has pegged income tax collections at Rs 12.57 lakh crore, up from the budget estimate of Rs 11.87 lakh crore.

The collection from STT is pegged at Rs 55,000 crore in this fiscal in RE, higher than the budget estimate (BE) of Rs 37,000 crore.

The corporate tax collection target was revised lower at Rs 9.80 lakh crore, down from the budget target of Rs 10.20 lakh crore.

In total, the RE pegs direct tax collections at Rs 22.37 lakh crore, higher from Rs 22.07 lakh crore in BE. PTI DP DP MR

Advance tax compliance increases direct tax collections as year end instalments boost government receipts in the current fiscal Net direct tax receipts rose notably driven by stronger advance tax collections, with the final instalment completing year end compliance and statutory quarterly due dates under Section 208. Advance tax increased across corporate and non corporate categories; non corporate receipts outpaced corporate growth, securities transaction tax surged, gross mop up rose, substantial refunds were issued, and Revised Estimates adjusted overall direct tax and STT projections while lowering the corporate tax target relative to the Budget Estimate.