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Yogi calls for tech use to curb GST evasion

CM Yogi Adityanath urges officials to enhance tax collection transparency using AI and data analytics, addressing evasion and improving revenue systems.

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Published on May 03, 2025 06:04 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Ghaziabad: Corporation raises ₹350 cr approx as property tax

Officials said that about 30,000 households, taxed for the first time, also paid up and contributed to the tax revenues

Last Friday, the corporation in its executive committee meeting approved the agency’s highest ever budget of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>3,722 crore for FY 2025-26, and its officials promised more infrastructure development. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Published on Apr 01, 2025 05:54 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

No need to re-apply for 40% property tax rebate: PMC

The PMC confirmed that the rebate will automatically reflect in tax bills for those who have already submitted the form

With the new financial year starting on April 1, many taxpayers were uncertain about whether they needed to resubmit the form to continue receiving the rebate. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Mar 31, 2025 11:54 PM IST

ByAbhay Khairnar

PMC property tax collection reaches ₹2,229 crore

With barely five days left in the current fiscal year, the civic body has collected ₹2,229 crore, compared to ₹2,273 crore in 2023-24

Property tax serves as the sole revenue source of the PMC. (HT)

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Published on Mar 26, 2025 07:30 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Prayagraj municipal corporation to seize properties for tax non-payment, levy penalties post Mar 31

Notices have been issued to residents who have not paid their taxes for an extended period. For those who have not complied, the corporation has now initiated the process of property attachment

PMC and Jalkal officials addressing media persons in Prayagraj on Tuesday. (HT )

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Published on Mar 19, 2025 08:00 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Prayagraj

LMC offices open on Sat, Sun to meet ₹1K crore tax target

To accelerate tax recovery, the LMC will keep all zonal offices and cash counters open on December 14 and 15

The Lucknow Municipal Corporation office in Lucknow (HT File Photo)

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Published on Dec 13, 2024 09:06 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

'Tax collector' elephant halts vehicles in Sri Lanka to gather food, goes viral

An elephant named Raja in Sri Lanka has become a unique tax collector, stopping vehicles on the road to request food.

Known to locals as Raja, the elephant who is believed to be 40 years old is the most punctual tax collector. (Representational)

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Published on Dec 09, 2024 09:06 PM IST

ByMuskaan Sharma

Government cuts borrowing target to ₹14.01 lakh crore for 2024-25

The gross market borrowings have been revised downward to ₹14.01 lakh crore from ₹14.13 lakh crore estimated in the interim Budget.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman showcases a red pouch carrying the Budget documents, outside the Finance Ministry in North Block (Hindustan Times)

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Published on Jul 23, 2024 04:07 PM IST

PTI |

Chandigarh MC records highest-ever property tax collection

The collection tops all previous years’ figures of ₹46.57 crore in 2022-23, ₹24.84 crore in 2021-22, ₹23 lakh in 2020-21, and ₹31.55 crore in 2019-20

The record-breaking property tax collection will enable the MC to further strengthen the city’s infrastructure. (HT file photo for representation)

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Published on Jun 04, 2024 04:57 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

India's FY24 fiscal deficit at 5.6%, lower than government's target of 5.8%

In actual terms, the fiscal deficit, or gap between expenditure and revenue, was at ₹16.53 lakh crore.

Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a meeting in New Delhi.(PTI)

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Published on May 31, 2024 06:20 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Pune civic body extends property tax concession scheme for 15 more days

The PMC will keep its 71 citizens’ facility centres open from 9 am to 9 pm for tax collection. These centres will be open on public holidays and Saturdays and Sundays

The PMC had kept all options such as net banking, credit/debit card, UPI payment, Amazon pay, NEFT and RTGS open for paying property tax. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

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Published on May 30, 2024 09:57 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Lower inflation, increase in per capita income, revenue: Delhi Economic Survey

Finance minister Atishi said the Union government did not leave any stone unturned in obstructing the Delhi government’s works during the period covered in the survey

Delhi finance minister Atishi arriving to present the Economic Survey in the assembly. (PTI)

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Updated on Mar 01, 2024 03:43 PM IST

ByAlok K N Mishra

Haryana among top five states in GST collection

As per the official statement in the first six months of the current financial year (April-September 2023), Haryana’s total tax collection has surged to ₹32,076 crore, against ₹27,155 crore collected during this period previous year

During this period, the Value Added Tax (VAT) collections was <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>5,568 crore, State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) collections, including Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) settlements and SGST compensation reached <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>20,670 crore, registering a remarkable growth of 27%.

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Updated on Oct 06, 2023 08:24 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Karnal

Haryana’s excise revenue increased by 26% this year: Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala

Haryana deputy CM Dushyant Chautala said after the auctioning of all liquor vends, the revenue receipts from liquor are likely to be 27% more than last year

Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala (HT File)

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Updated on Aug 09, 2023 12:20 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Record ₹126 cr property tax collection by PMC in three months

The civic body has in its annual budget targeted ₹275 cr property tax collection this financial year. While almost half of that target being already achieved, the civic body is going all out to recover the arrears of ₹1400 cr due for the past five years

Record <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>126 cr property tax collection by PMC in three months

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Updated on Jun 24, 2023 08:36 PM IST

ByG Mohiuddin Jeddy

PMC to crack down on commercial property tax defaulters

To identify such properties, the civic body has sought data from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL)

PMC has launched a drive to identify properties that are residential on record but are being used for commercial purposes. (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)

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Updated on Jun 17, 2023 10:31 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Maruti plant to prove a game-change for Rohtak industry: Dushyant Chautala

Speaking at ‘Rohtak metal finishers and all Rohtak industrial association’ felicitation ceremony after chairing a grievance meeting here, Chautala said special attention is being laid by the government to promote industries.

Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala said the agriculture sector contributes 32% to the state’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the manufacturing sector’s contribution rose to 36%. (HT File)

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Updated on Apr 15, 2023 11:42 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Rohtak

Cheema launches state intel unit, chairs excise dept review meet

Finance and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday launched the State Intelligence and Preventive Unit (SIPU), and GST prime, an analytical tool for state GST officers to analyse and monitor the tax collection and compliance in their jurisdiction

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Updated on Apr 14, 2023 12:51 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Ludhiana MC initiates process to put property tax defaulters on notice

Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC) superintendent Vivek Verma said the department will start issuing notices to property tax defaulters from Thursday onwards

Those among the defaulters’ list include 1,932 residential properties with <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>26.93 lakh pending, 1,311 commercial properties with <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>32.41 lakh pending, 651 industrial defaulters with <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>46.36 lakhs pending and 848 mix land use defaulters who have <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>20.8 lakh pending. (Getty Image)

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Updated on Apr 06, 2023 12:06 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Tax collection to exceed Budget estimate by nearly ₹4 lakh crore: Revenue Secy

In an interview to PTI, he said the growth in tax revenues will continue to be higher than the GDP growth, helped by formalisation of the economy and better compliance.

The Budget had pegged direct and indirect tax mop up at <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>14.20 lakh crore and <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>13.30 lakh crore for current fiscal, taking the total figure to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>27.50 lakh crore.(HT File)

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Published on Nov 23, 2022 08:20 PM IST

PTI |

In ‘Suit-boot-loot sarkar’ jibe, Rahul Gandhi attacks BJP over taxes on ‘friends

The Congress has been attacking the Centre over inflation, unemployment and GST tax rate hike. The party staged a stir ‘Halla Bol’ earlier this month where leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, wore black clothes. A mega rally of the stir is scheduled on September 4 at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and other party MPs were detained by Delhi Police personnel as they held the ‘Halla Bol’ protest against inflation, price rise, unemployment and GST rate hike, in Delhi earlier this month. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times)

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Published on Aug 21, 2022 05:03 PM IST

Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi

Elon Musk says he will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year

The billionaire may face a tax bill of more than $10 billion for 2021 if he exercises all his options due to expire next year, calculations last week by Bloomberg News showed.

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Published on Dec 20, 2021 11:27 AM IST

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Delhi: 5% of ward tax collection to be reserved for EDMC local development fund

he tax and fee collection to be considered under this scheme include property tax, general trade license, health trade license, veterinary license and factory license

A senior EDMC official said that cap of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>50 lakh has been fixed on the councillor LAD fund (Sourced)

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Updated on Nov 22, 2021 02:29 AM IST

ByParas Singh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Companies may get 45 days to retract retro tax claims

Once the firms commit to stop pursuing the cases, the tax official will accept or reject them within 15 days.

Out of the total tax refund, the biggest chunk, of around <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>7,900 crore, is estimated to go to Cairn Energy. HT PHOTO

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Published on Aug 30, 2021 06:57 AM IST

ByGireesh Chandra Prasad, New Delhi

Centre extends tax-related compliance dates in view of Covid-19. Check details

The government said that it has eased compliances to be made by the taxpayers and to mitigate the difficulties faced by various stakeholders in these difficult times marked by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.

Under the provisions of section 119 of the Income Tax (I-T) Act, 1961, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has eased compliances. (Representational Image)

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Published on May 01, 2021 02:11 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

Fiscal deficit for Apr-Oct at 119.7% of budget target

The Centre has retained this year’s fiscal deficit target at 3.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) but experts believe it will be a much higher 7.5-9.25%.

The output of eight key infrastructure industries was -0.1% in September, compared to -7.3% in August, as per official data.

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Updated on Nov 28, 2020 06:08 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByShreya Nandi, New Delhi

Covid-19 to ‘significantly’ impact state finances: RBI

As most states presented their budgets before the onset of the pandemic, their budget estimates of deficits are unlikely to capture the true picture of the ongoing fiscal year, the report says.

Higher tax buoyancy implies that tax collection would rise at a faster pace for the same rise in incomes.(REUTERS)

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Updated on Oct 28, 2020 02:13 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRoshan Kishore, New Delhi

GST collections may cross Rs 1 lakh-crore mark for the first time in 8 months

The Covid-19 disease outbreak forced a 68-day hard lockdown starting on March 25, which forced the temporary closure of manufacturers and service providers in all sectors but those deemed essential. These were gradually loosened.

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Updated on Oct 24, 2020 04:59 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRajeev Jayaswal

UP claims tax collections up, earning-expenditure gap remains

The state government’s non-tax revenue also increased to Rs 182.33 crore in September 2020 against Rs 120.89 crore in the same month in 2019.

As per the state government’s statistical data, it earned a total revenue of Rs 10,675.42 crore in July 2020 and Rs 9,545.21 crore in August 2020 against Rs 9516.50 crore in September 2020.(Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

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Updated on Oct 05, 2020 11:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByUmesh Raghuvanshi

PMC deploys more staff for property assessment, tax collection

Due to pandemic induced lockdown, PMC collected ₹673 crores, a fall of ₹90 crores

The PMC this year encouraged online payment of tax, which helped he civic body as 84000 more online transactions were recorded.(Rahul Raut/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Aug 19, 2020 05:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByHT Correspondent

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CM Yogi Adityanath urges officials to enhance tax collection transparency using AI and data analytics, addressing evasion and improving revenue systems.

Officials said that about 30,000 households, taxed for the first time, also paid up and contributed to the tax revenues

The PMC confirmed that the rebate will automatically reflect in tax bills for those who have already submitted the form

With barely five days left in the current fiscal year, the civic body has collected ₹2,229 crore, compared to ₹2,273 crore in 2023-24

Notices have been issued to residents who have not paid their taxes for an extended period. For those who have not complied, the corporation has now initiated the process of property attachment

To accelerate tax recovery, the LMC will keep all zonal offices and cash counters open on December 14 and 15

An elephant named Raja in Sri Lanka has become a unique tax collector, stopping vehicles on the road to request food.

The gross market borrowings have been revised downward to ₹14.01 lakh crore from ₹14.13 lakh crore estimated in the interim Budget.

The collection tops all previous years’ figures of ₹46.57 crore in 2022-23, ₹24.84 crore in 2021-22, ₹23 lakh in 2020-21, and ₹31.55 crore in 2019-20

In actual terms, the fiscal deficit, or gap between expenditure and revenue, was at ₹16.53 lakh crore.

The PMC will keep its 71 citizens’ facility centres open from 9 am to 9 pm for tax collection. These centres will be open on public holidays and Saturdays and Sundays

Finance minister Atishi said the Union government did not leave any stone unturned in obstructing the Delhi government’s works during the period covered in the survey

As per the official statement in the first six months of the current financial year (April-September 2023), Haryana’s total tax collection has surged to ₹32,076 crore, against ₹27,155 crore collected during this period previous year

Haryana deputy CM Dushyant Chautala said after the auctioning of all liquor vends, the revenue receipts from liquor are likely to be 27% more than last year

The civic body has in its annual budget targeted ₹275 cr property tax collection this financial year. While almost half of that target being already achieved, the civic body is going all out to recover the arrears of ₹1400 cr due for the past five years

To identify such properties, the civic body has sought data from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL)

Speaking at ‘Rohtak metal finishers and all Rohtak industrial association’ felicitation ceremony after chairing a grievance meeting here, Chautala said special attention is being laid by the government to promote industries.

Finance and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday launched the State Intelligence and Preventive Unit (SIPU), and GST prime, an analytical tool for state GST officers to analyse and monitor the tax collection and compliance in their jurisdiction

Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC) superintendent Vivek Verma said the department will start issuing notices to property tax defaulters from Thursday onwards

In an interview to PTI, he said the growth in tax revenues will continue to be higher than the GDP growth, helped by formalisation of the economy and better compliance.

The Congress has been attacking the Centre over inflation, unemployment and GST tax rate hike. The party staged a stir ‘Halla Bol’ earlier this month where leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, wore black clothes. A mega rally of the stir is scheduled on September 4 at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan.

The billionaire may face a tax bill of more than $10 billion for 2021 if he exercises all his options due to expire next year, calculations last week by Bloomberg News showed.

he tax and fee collection to be considered under this scheme include property tax, general trade license, health trade license, veterinary license and factory license

Once the firms commit to stop pursuing the cases, the tax official will accept or reject them within 15 days.

The government said that it has eased compliances to be made by the taxpayers and to mitigate the difficulties faced by various stakeholders in these difficult times marked by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.

The Centre has retained this year’s fiscal deficit target at 3.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) but experts believe it will be a much higher 7.5-9.25%.

As most states presented their budgets before the onset of the pandemic, their budget estimates of deficits are unlikely to capture the true picture of the ongoing fiscal year, the report says.

The Covid-19 disease outbreak forced a 68-day hard lockdown starting on March 25, which forced the temporary closure of manufacturers and service providers in all sectors but those deemed essential. These were gradually loosened.

The state government’s non-tax revenue also increased to Rs 182.33 crore in September 2020 against Rs 120.89 crore in the same month in 2019.

Due to pandemic induced lockdown, PMC collected ₹673 crores, a fall of ₹90 crores

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