Lok Sabha Question No. 1132 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-04
Subject: Tax Collection
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR, GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, AJAY (TENI) MISRA, PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, T.G. VENKATESH BABU, VIJAY KUMAR S.R.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK    SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 1132

TO BE ANSWERED ON  FRIDAY, THE 4 TH   DECEMBER ,2015 AGRAHAYANA 13, 1937 (SAKA)

## TAX COLLECTION

†1132. SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR:

SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT:

SHRI D.K. SURESH: SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

SHRI P.K. BIJU: SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the Direct and Indirect taxes collected by the Government during each of the last three years and the current year along with the number of persons who file income tax returns in the country;
- (b) the number of income tax payers in the income bracket of 1 crore and below it;
- (c) whether there has been a surge in the income tax collection, if so, the details thereof and the reasons  therefor;  and
- (d) whether the Government sets a target to expand tax payers base, if so, the details thereof and the steps taken in this regard including proposal to award the income tax officials for their performance?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (JAYANT SINHA)

- (a): The tax revenue collected by the Government through direct and indirect taxes during each of the last three years and the current  financial year( upto October, 2015) is as under:

(Rs. In crore)

| Financial year                 | Nature of Taxes   | Nature of Taxes   |
|--------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|                                | Direct Taxes      | Indirect Taxes    |
| 2012-13                        | 558658            | 474482            |
| 2013-14                        | 638543            | 497061            |
| 2014-15*                       | 695797            | 544157            |
| 2015-16* (April-October, 2015) | 344053            | 382860            |

The number of Income Tax Returns filed upto  31-10-2015 in respect of each of the last three years (Assessment Years) and the current year are as under:

| Assessment Year   | No. of Returns   |
|-------------------|------------------|
| 2012-13           | 3,26,68,660      |
| 2013-14           | 3,74,04,729      |
| 2014-15           | 3,67,30,319      |
| 2015-16           | 2,40,05,320      |

- (b): The number of income tax payers upto 31.10.2015 in the income bracket of Rs. 1 crore and below in respect of each of the last three years and  the current year are as under:
- (c): The total net direct tax collection in the current financial year i.e. upto 31 st October, 2015 is Rs.344053 crore showing growth of 13.20% as compared to the collection made during the corresponding period of the previous financial year.
- (d): The Government has set up a target of adding one crore new tax - payers during the financial year 2015-16.  The said target has been further distributed among various filed units of the Income Tax Department.  Following steps are being taken during the year to expand tax base and achieve the target:
- (i) Development and implementation of  region specific  strategies  to  identify  and  add new taxpayers.
- (ii) Effective collection of information about high value transactions
- (iii) Improving compliance to TDS/TCS Provisions
- (iv)  Encouraging voluntary compliance through taxpayer education, camps, seminars etc.
- (v) Ensuring compliance from identified non-filers through Non-filers Monitoring System (NMS) .

| Assessment Year   | No. of tax payers   |
|-------------------|---------------------|
| 2012-13           | 3,25,93,836         |
| 2013-14           | 3,73,20,880         |
| 2014-15           | 3,66,41,716         |
| 2015-16           | 2,39,20,065         |

There is at present no proposal for giving reward to officers for work done in the area of expansion of tax base.

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