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                        PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU
                          GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
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DIRECT TAX COLLECTIONS DURING FINANCIAL YEAR 2011-12 UP BY
13.02 PERCENT AT RS. 5,90,077 CRORE AS AGAINST RS 5,22,104 CRORE
DURING FINANCIAL YEAR 2010-11
                                           New Delhi: Jyaistha 16, 1934
                                                         June 06, 2012






       Gross direct tax collections during April-March of the F.Y. 2011-12 was up by
13.02 percent and stood at Rs.5,90,077 crore as against Rs.5,22,104 crore in the same
period in F.Y.2010-11. While gross collection of corporate taxes was up by 11.52
percent. The gross collections on this account stood at Rs.3,96,208 crore as against
Rs.3,55,267 crore during the F.Y. 2010-11. The Gross Collection on account of
personal income tax was up by 16.20 percent and stood at Rs.1,93,042 crore as
against Rs.1,66,130 crore in F.Y. 2010-11. Net direct tax collections during the F.Y.
2011-12 stood at Rs.4,94,799 crore, up from Rs.4,46,935 crore in the same period in
F.Y.2010-11, registering a growth of 10.71 percent.


       Growth in wealth tax was 14.56 percent. The Gross Collections on this
account stood at Rs.787 crore as against Rs.687 crore in the same period during the
F.Y.2010-11. Growth in Securities Transaction Tax (STT) was -20.95 percent. The
Gross Collections on this account stood at Rs.5,656 crore as against Rs.7,155 crore in
the same period during the F.Y.2010-11.


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