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GST Collections At Rs 92,150 Crore In September

Swarajya Staff

Oct 24, 2017, 09:05 PM | Updated 09:05 PM IST


Photo: Arun Jaitley (MONEY SHARMA/AFP/Getty Images)
Photo: Arun Jaitley (MONEY SHARMA/AFP/Getty Images)

The government has collected Rs92,150 crore as goods and services tax (GST) in September from 42.91 lakh business, the finance ministry said on Tuesday.

Of this, Rs 14,042 crore is on account of Central GST, while State GST is to the tune of Rs21,172 crore. Integrated GST collections stood at Rs48,948 crore, of which Rs23,951 crore was on account of imports.

“The total revenue of GST paid under different heads (up to 23 October 2017) for the month of September 2017 is Rs92,150 crore,” finance ministry said in a statement.

Collection under compensation cess stood at Rs7,988 crore, of which Rs722 crore is Compensation Cess from imports in September. Till yesterday 42.91 lakh business entities had filed initial GSTR-3B returns for September.

As per the data available, GST collections for the maiden month of July were over Rs95,000 crore, while9 for August the figure was over Rs91,000 crore. September was the third month of GST roll out.

GST which amalgamates over a dozen taxes, including excise duty and service Tax, was rolled out from 1 July. (PTI)


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