GST mop-up rises 7.4% in Feb; tops Rs 1 lakh crore for fifth straight month

Goods and companies tax (GST) collections in February (for gross sales in January) rose 7.4 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1,13,147 crore. Though decrease than Rs 1,19,875 crore collected the earlier month, the February mop-up is the fifth consecutive month of GST collections breaching the Rs 1-lakh-crore mark, in an indication of pickup in financial exercise together with compliance measures and motion towards tax evaders making use of knowledge analytics by the GST authorities.
The Finance Ministry stated the GST revenues crossed Rs 1.1 lakh crore for third time in a row post-pandemic. “This is a clear indication of the economic recovery and the impact of various measures taken by tax administration to improve compliance,” it stated.
GST collections had plummeted to a document low of Rs 32,172 crore in April, following the lockdown within the wake of Covid-19.

ExplainedSign of financial recoveryIndirect tax collections have risen on the again of anti-evasion motion and compliance measures. The wholesome mop-up in February additionally bodes nicely for the broader restoration in financial exercise, as that is the third consecutive month within the post-pandemic period that collections have crossed the Rs 1.1-lakh-crore mark.

Of the Rs 1,13,143 crore GST revenues in February, Central GST (CGST) is Rs 21,092 crore, State GST (SGST) is Rs 27,273 crore, Integrated GST (IGST) is Rs 55,253 crore (together with Rs 24,382 crore collected on import of products) and Cess is Rs 9,525 crore (together with Rs 660 crore collected on import of products), the assertion stated. The Centre didn’t present the variety of GSTR-3B abstract returns filed in February, which had stood at 90 lakh in January. Also, there isn’t any breakup for the income accruing from financial exercise and anti-evasion measures.
The authorities settled Rs 22,398 crore to CGST and Rs 17,534 crore to SGST from IGST as common settlement. After this, the entire income earned by the Centre is Rs 67,490 crore as CGST and by states is Rs 68,807 crore as SGST, the Finance Ministry stated.