STT, PIT spikes lift net direct tax receipts 22.5%

STT, PIT spikes lift net direct tax receipts 22.5%

India’s net direct tax collections’ growth accelerated to 22.5% by August 11, from a 19.54% recorded a month ago, led by a 30% spike in Personal Income Tax (PIT) revenues and a 111% surge in Securities Transaction Tax (STT) receipts, even as corporate tax inflows grew a mere 5.9% from last year.Data from the Central … Read more

Tax Complexity Now Costs the U.S. Economy Over $546 Billion Annually

Tax Complexity Now Costs the U.S. Economy Over $546 Billion Annually

IRS Tax Compliance Costs the US Economy $546B Annually Skip to content taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities. code imposes many costs on the US economy. The most direct costs, of … Read more

Better compliance, progressive income tax rates key reasons for personal income tax mop-up exceeding corporate tax collections, says Revenue Secretary

Better compliance, progressive income tax rates key reasons for personal income tax mop-up exceeding corporate tax collections, says Revenue Secretary

Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra attributed improved compliance as well as the progressive income tax rates as the two main reasons why personal income tax collections have exceeded those of corporate income tax in recent years.While there are four reasons as such for this trend, the two major reasons are improving compliance and the progressive rates … Read more

Budget 2024-25: Income Tax Contributes More to Govt Revenue Than Corporations

Budget 2024-25: Income Tax Contributes More to Govt Revenue Than Corporations

New Delhi: The Budget at a glance establishes that the share of government revenue from income tax (tax on individuals) at 19% is more than what corporates have contributed (17%). Advertisement <!– This follows from taxes foregone five years ago, when corporates were given a tax break. <!– The corporate tax-rate cut was meant to be … Read more

How middle class pays more taxes than corporates, and gets ignored too

How middle class pays more taxes than corporates, and gets ignored too

Read Full Budget 2024 CoverageThe middle class, the tax-paying population of India, stares at the face of the government every time the Budget day approaches. It is that neglected segment that pays both income tax for earnings, and GST for spending. It is this 2% of the entire population of India that is contributing massively … Read more

Georgia’s June net tax revenues up 6.5%; Adjusted YTD down 3.4%

Georgia's June net tax revenues up 6.5%; Adjusted YTD down 3.4%

The State of Georgia’s net tax collections in June approached a total of $3.03 billion, for an increase of $185.4 million or 6.5 percent compared to FY 2023, when net tax collections totaled $2.84 billion for the month. Year-to-date, net tax revenue totaled almost $32.95 billion, for a decrease of $182.2 million or 0.5 percent … Read more

Puerto Rican Competitiveness and Pillar Two

Puerto Rican Competitiveness and Pillar Two

Puerto Rico Tax Competitiveness and Pillar Two Skip to content profit shiftingProfit shifting is when multinational companies reduce their tax burden by moving the location of their profits from high-tax countries to low-tax jurisdictions and tax havens. . Pillar Two, the global minimum taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, … Read more

Income tax-biggest revenue category; corporate tax now behind even GST: Anand Rathi report

Income tax-biggest revenue category; corporate tax now behind even GST: Anand Rathi report

New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Personal income tax has become the largest revenue category for the Indian government, surpassing both corporate tax and GST, according to the Anand Rathi report. While GST, corporate tax, and personal income tax each now account for nearly 30 per cent of gross tax collection, their trajectories have varied … Read more

June Net Tax Revenues Up 6.5%; Adjusted YTD Down 3.4% • The Georgia Virtue

June Net Tax Revenues Up 6.5%; Adjusted YTD Down 3.4% • The Georgia Virtue

The State of Georgia’s net tax collections in June approached a total of $3.03 billion, for an increase of $185.4 million or 6.5 percent compared to FY 2023, when net tax collections totaled $2.84 billion for the month. Year-to-date, net tax revenue totaled almost $32.95 billion, for a decrease of $182.2 million or 0.5 percent … Read more

Tax Breaks: Sales Taxes Take A Holiday In Some States

Tax Breaks: Sales Taxes Take A Holiday In Some States

here. Despite the fact that the thermometer still reads summer, fall is creeping closer. According to the National Retail Federation, one in five (22%) back-to-school shoppers have already started gearing up for the 2024-25 school year (you can count me as one of them). However, with above-average prices in stores and online, those shoppers are … Read more