Direct tax collection target of Rs 13.35 lakh cr for current financial year is achievable: CBDT chairman PC Mody
FirstpostNew Delhi: The government has re-calibrated and fixed the direct taxes collection target for this financial year at Rs 13.35 lakh crore, a task that the CBDT chief said is difficult but achievable. He also said that the government can only think of further “lowering” corporate tax rates once the exemptions and deductions in this sector are phased out. The direct tax collection bucket comprises personal income tax, securities transaction tax and corporate tax and the targets in this context are set by the Union finance ministry in consultation with the Central Board of Direct Taxes that frames policy for the Income-Tax Department. Asked about corporate tax rates, Mody said the budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman last week has brought in almost all the companies in the lower tax net.