Bharat Express

GST

Increase in Goods and Services Tax collection has been seen after an impressive growth of 13.4 percent in domestic transactions along with an increase of 8.3 percent in imports.

GST officers have uncovered 29,273 fraudulent firms engaged in false Input Tax Credit (ITC) claims amounting to Rs 44,015 crore over eight months until December 2023

In 2019, the Centre had created SWAMIH fund to complete stalled projects. The size of the fund is Rs 15,530 crore and is being managed by SBICAP Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the State Bank of India.

Online gaming companies have been suing high courts to challenge the revenue authorities' claims against such GST demands.

October saw a 13% increase in GST revenue, with collections totaling Rs 1,72,003 crore. With Rs 1,87,035 crore, the highest monthly GST mop-ups were recorded in April 2023.

Notably, GST receipts for July 2023 are 11% more than GST revenues for the same month last year.

There have been worries that by operating from abroad, internet gambling platforms would avoid paying GST. However, one official claimed that in these situations, the tax administration will deduct GST from the payment sources.

With this, the monthly GST revenue stands at over Rs 1.4 lakh crore for the 14th consecutive month. In the previous month of April 2023

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The previous biggest collection was Rs 1.68 trillion in April of last year, while the mop-up in March of this year was Rs 1.60 trillion.