Indirect tax collections in FY’19 may fall short by Rs90,000 crore: Report
Live MintNew Delhi: Indirect tax collections are likely to fall short by Rs90,000 crore in the current fiscal on account of subdued GST mop-up and excise duty cut on petroleum products, an SBI research report said on Thursday. “We expect a shortfall of around Rs90,000 crore in GST and excise collections, out of which Rs10,500 crore is on account of reduction of excise duty on petroleum products by Rs1.50 per litre,” said SBI Ecowrap report. The report further said that for the second year in succession, direct tax collections are likely to be higher than the budgeted targets by at least around Rs20,000 crore. As per the report, the recent decline in oil prices might compress the current account deficit by around $5-6 billion from “our estimates of $78 billion in current fiscal”.