In A First, GST Collection For A Month Exceeds Rs 1 Lakh Crore

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The GST collection for April was pegged at Rs1.03 lakh. The government's revenue collection from GST or
goods and services tax exceeded Rs 1 lakh crore last month, the Ministry of Finance said on microblogging site Twitter today
July last year
"The buoyancy in the tax revenue of GST reflects the upswing in the economy and better compliance," the finance ministry further said
month of April 2018 was at Rs.32,493 crore for CGST (Central GST) and Rs.40,257 crore for the SGST (State GST), the finance ministry
Under the composition scheme, which is meant to lower the burden of compliance for small businesses, assessees have to pay tax at a minimum
rate based on their turnover
Out of 19.31 lakh composition dealers, 11.47 lakh filed their quarterly return (GSTR 4) and paid total tax of Rs 579 crore, the finance
ministry said.During the year 2017-18, total revenue collections under GST between August 2017 and March 2018 were at Rs
7.19 lakh crore, the government had earlier said
Including the collection of July 2017, the total GST collections during the 2017-18 stood provisionally at Rs
7.41 lakh crore.The average monthly collection was Rs
89,885 crore during the August-March period, it said.The revenue gap of each state is coming down over the last eight months, the finance
ministry had said, adding the average revenue gap of all the states for the last year is around 17 per cent