Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu accounted for 70 per cent of the total net direct tax collections of Rs 16.27 lakh crore in financial year 2022-23, data presented by the Finance Ministry in Parliament on Tuesday showed.
Net direct tax collection in Maharashtra stood at Rs 6.14 lakh crore in 2022-23, the highest by any state, followed by Rs 2.12 lakh crore collected in Delhi, Rs 2.05 lakh crore in Karnataka and Rs 1.07 lakh crore collected in Tamil Nadu, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in a written reply to a question by John Brittas, Rajya Sabha MP from CPI(M).
On the indirect taxes side as well, five states accounted for nearly half of the states’ total Goods and Services Tax (GST) share.
Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and West Bengal accounted for over 45 per cent of the total GST revenue of states of Rs 7.7 lakh crore in the financial year 2022-23, the reply stated.
Four states drive 70% of net direct tax mop-up in FY23
