Lok Sabha Question No. 514 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Surge in Tax Collection
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: T.G. VENKATESH BABU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK    SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 514

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 26 TH    FEBRUARY, 2016

7 TH  Phalguna, 1937 (SAKA)

## SURGE IN TAX COLLECTION

514. SHRI  VENKATESH BABU T.G:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether direct and indirect tax collection so far in this financial year is an all time high, if so, the details thereof during the last three years;
- (b)  whether  cuts  in  spending  in  various  items  by  all  Ministries  and  stringent  measures  taken  by  the  tax department on tax evaders resulted in surge in tax collection and savings, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government has any proposal to award the taxmen for their best performance and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The net direct and indirect tax collection during the current financial year i.e 2015-16 is showing an overall positive growth as on 31.01.2016.  The details of Net Direct and Indirect Tax collection during the last three financial years is as per table below:
- (b) Surge in tax collection is an outcome of various factors, the main being the status of economic activity in a given period and compliance behavior of the target population.  The compliance behavior is further guided by various factors including the non-intrusive and intrusive measures taken by the Government.
- (i) Preliminary outcome of searches and surveys conducted by the Income-tax Department during Financial Year 2014-15 and 2015-16 (upto December, 2015) is as under:

| Financial year             |   Direct tax collection | % growth over last year   |   Indirect tax collection | %growth over last year   |
|----------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
| 2012-13                    |                  558658 | 13.10%                    |                    474482 | 20.9%                    |
| 2013-14                    |                  638543 | 14.30%                    |                    497061 | 4.8%                     |
| 2014-15*                   |                  695797 | 8.97%                     |                    544157 | 9.5%                     |
| 2015-16 ( April- January)* |                  521853 | 10.87%**                  |                    569057 | 33.7%                    |

## Search and Seizure

| Financial Year                 |   Number groups searched |   Total assets seized (In Rs. crore) |   Undisclosed income admitted u/s 132 (4) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (In Rs. crore) |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2014-15                        |                      545 |                               761.7  |                                                                             10288    |
| 2015-16 (upto December, 2015)* |                      304 |                               544.33 |                                                                              7489.85 |

| Financial Year                 |   No. of surveys conducted |   Undisclosed income detected (in Rs. crore) |
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 2014-15                        |                       5035 |                                     12820.3  |
| 2015-16 (upto December, 2015)* |                       2493 |                                      5308.71 |

- (ii) Similarly, the number of tax evasion cases and duty collected during the year 2013-14, 2014-15 & 201516 (upto December-2015) is as under:-
- (c ) The Government confers, annually, Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate to officers of Customs, Central Excise, Service Tax, Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Narcotics (upto a maximum of 40 officers) in the following two categories:-
- (i) Exceptionally meritorious service endered at the risk of life;
- (ii) Specially distinguished record of service.

| Year                   | Central Excise Duty   | Central Excise Duty           | Central Excise Duty           |
|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|                        | No. of cases          | Amount involved(Rs. in crore) | Duty Recovered (Rs. in crore) |
| 2013-14                | 2606                  | 4736.59                       | 812.87                        |
| 2014-15                | 2138                  | 4331.51                       | 539.53                        |
| 2015-16 (upto January) | 1842                  | 4342.57                       | 594.92                        |

| Year                   | Service Tax   | Service Tax                    | Service Tax          |
|------------------------|---------------|--------------------------------|----------------------|
| Year                   | No. of cases  | Amount involved (Rs. in crore) | Tax Recovered crore) |
| 2013-14                | 9215          | 14842.32                       | 5102.94              |
| 2014-15                | 6454          | 9840.51                        | 4552.35              |
| 2015-16 (upto January) | 5691          | 162267.65                      | 3086.07              |

| Year                   |   Outright Smuggling cases (Value of goods seized) |   Commercial Fraud cases detected (Duty evasion detected) |   Duty Recovered |
|------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| 2013-14                |                                            1555.44 |                                                   3974.14 |          1609.39 |
| 2014-15                |                                            1793.42 |                                                   4470.34 |           118.87 |
| 2015-16 (upto January) |                                            9516.83 |                                                   2237.47 |           590.95 |

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