Lok Sabha Question No. 4563 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-12
Subject: Tax Defaulter
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, VINOD KUMAR BOIANAPALLI, KRISTAPPA NIMMALA, CH. MALLA REDDY, VIRENDRA  KUMAR, ANOOP MISHRA

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4563

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2016 SHRAVANA 21, 1938 (SAKA)

## TAX DEFAULTER

## 4563 : SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR:

SHRI NIMMALA KRISTAPPA:

SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY:

DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of target fixed and collection made of direct and indirect taxes during each of the last three years and the current year, head-wise;
- (b) the arrears of outstanding taxes collected during the same period;
- (c) whether the Government has maintained data relating to payment of more than Rs. 1000 crore made by individuals and companies, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Income Tax Department has issued any notices to individuals/entities and if so, the details thereof for the same period; and
- (e) the success achieved in this regard so far?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a):  The details of target fixed and collection made of direct and indirect taxes during each of the last three years and the current year, head-wise as at ANNEXURE .
- (b): The arrears of outstanding taxes collected during each of the last three years and the current year is as under:-

## Direct Tax

| Financial Year            | Arrears (Rs. in crore)   |
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
| 2013-14                   | 33,364                   |
| 2014-15                   | 36,593                   |
| 2015-16#                  | 31,534                   |
| 2016-17 (upto 30.06.2016) | 9,302                    |

# Provisional.

## Indirect Tax

| Financial Year            | Arrears (Rs. in crore)   |
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
| 2013-14                   | 3,689                    |
| 2014-15                   | 3,468                    |
| 2015-16                   | 4,080                    |
| 2016-17 (upto 30.06.2016) | 1,131                    |

- (c) : No such data is maintained centrally. The Government at the central level does not monitor tax payments in individual cases but the growth of revenue in different Sectors or Regions of the country. Advance  tax  and  TDS  payments  in  individual  cases  of  high  value  are  monitored  by  the  field authorities and complete details of tax payments are available with the assessing officers for providing necessary credit for such taxes.
- (d): Notices for recovery of arrears of taxes are regularly issued by the field authorities spread all over the country.  However, no database of such notices is centrally maintained.
- (e):  As  against  the  target  of  collection  of  Rs.  53,981  crore  from  arrears  of  direct  taxes  during  the financial year 2016-17, an amount of Rs. 9,302 crore has been collected till 30.06.2016.
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## Annexure as referred to in reply to part (a) of Unstarred Question No. 4563 to be answered in Lok  Sabha on 12.08.2016

## Direct Tax

| Financial Year      | Revised Estimates (Rs. in crore)   | Revised Estimates (Rs. in crore)   | Revised Estimates (Rs. in crore)   | Actual Collection(Rs. in crore)   | Actual Collection(Rs. in crore)   | Actual Collection(Rs. in crore)   |
|---------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Financial Year      | Corporation Tax                    | Taxes on Income*                   | Total                              | Corporation Tax                   | Taxes on Income*                  | Total                             |
| 2013-14             | 3,93,677                           | 2,42,641                           | 6,36,318                           | 3,94,678                          | 2,43,918                          | 6,38,596                          |
| 2014-15             | 4,26,079                           | 2,79,549                           | 7,05,628                           | 4,28,925                          | 2,66,867                          | 6,95,792                          |
| 2015-16#            | 4,52,970                           | 2,99,051                           | 7,52,021                           | 4,54,721                          | 2,89,705                          | 7,44,426                          |
| 2016-17 (upto July) | Budget Estimates (Rs. in crore)    | Budget Estimates (Rs. in crore)    | Budget Estimates (Rs. in crore)    | Actual Collection (Rs. in crore)  | Actual Collection (Rs. in crore)  | Actual Collection (Rs. in crore)  |
|                     | Corporation Tax                    | Taxes on Income*                   | Total                              | Corporation Tax                   | Taxes on Income*                  | Total                             |
|                     | 4,93,924                           | 3,53,174                           | 8,47,098                           | 68,205                            | 92,833                            | 1,61,038                          |

## Indirect Tax

| Financial Year   | Revised Estimates ( Rs. in Crore)   | Revised Estimates ( Rs. in Crore)   | Revised Estimates ( Rs. in Crore)   | Revised Estimates ( Rs. in Crore)   | Actual Collection ( Rs. in Crore)   | Actual Collection ( Rs. in Crore)   | Actual Collection ( Rs. in Crore)   | Actual Collection ( Rs. in Crore)   |
|------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|                  | Customs                             | Union Excise                        | Service Tax                         | Total                               | Customs                             | Union Excise                        | Service Tax                         | Total                               |
| 2013-14          | 175056                              | 179537                              | 164927                              | 519520                              | 172085                              | 170197                              | 154778                              | 497060                              |
| 2014-15          | 188713                              | 185480                              | 168132                              | 542325                              | 188016                              | 188787                              | 167969                              | 544772                              |
| 2015-16          | 209500                              | 284142                              | 210000                              | 703642                              | 210338*                             | 287149*                             | 211396 *                            | 708883*                             |
| 2016-17 (Upto    | Budget Estimates ( Rs. in Crore)    | Budget Estimates ( Rs. in Crore)    | Budget Estimates ( Rs. in Crore)    | Budget Estimates ( Rs. in Crore)    | Actual Collection ( Rs. in Crore)   | Actual Collection ( Rs. in Crore)   | Actual Collection ( Rs. in Crore)   | Actual Collection ( Rs. in Crore)   |
| July)*           | Customs                             | Union Excise                        | Service Tax                         | Total                               | Customs                             | Union Excise                        | Service Tax                         | Total                               |
| July)*           | 230000                              | 318670                              | 231000                              | 779670                              | 71767*                              | 123273*                             | 76679*                              | 271719*                             |