The progressive collection of OGST upto June ’21 is Rs. 2812.93 Crores
Commissioner instructed field officers to detect the wrong return filers
Bhubaneswar (Kalinga Voice) : Odisha records OGST collection of Rs. 858.83 Crores during June‘21. Odisha has recorded OGST Collection of Rs. 858.83 Crores during the month of June ’21 against a collection of Rs. 759.17 Crores during June 2020 recording a growth of 13.13%. The progressive collection of OGST upto June ’21 is Rs. 2812.93 Crores against a collection of Rs. 1560.20 Crores upto June ’20 recording a progressive growth of 80.29%.
This growth of 13.13% in OGST collection during June ’21 is a result of better compliance by dealers having turnover of more than Rs. 5 Crores during the previous year, increased collection from iron and steel as well as mining sector, and collection from matured GST demand made by tax officers after return scrutiny.
The growth of collection in OGST is despite the extension of return filing date by the GST Council and poor filing of returns/ payment of tax by dealers having turnover of less than Rs. 5 Crores
There is also collection of Rs. 743.16 Cr in CGST, 842.65 Crores in IGST & 555.27 Crores in Cess during June ‘21. The total GST collection during June ‘21 is Rs 2999.91 Crores as against Rs 2693.75 Crores collected during June 20 registering a growth of 11.37%. The progressive GST collection till June 21 is Rs. 10046.14 Crores against Rs. 5192.30 Crores till June 20 with growth of 93.48%.
The total collection of VAT (Petrol and Liquor) is Rs. 709.32 Crores during June‘21 as against Rs. 424.57 Crores during June ’20. Out of the above, collection from Petroleum Products is Rs. 585.49 Crores during June 21 against Rs. 408.81 Crores during June 20. Similarly, the collection from liquor is Rs. 123.82 Crores during June 21 against Rs.15.75 Croresduring June 20 (affected by COVID-19).
CT & GST Organization has been focusing on increasing the tax-base of GST with regular survey and registration. 7984 numbers of new registrants have been brought under the GST fold from April-June 2021-22.
All Circles have been instructed to ensure 90% return filing within due date. 6537 nos. of GSTR 3A notices have been issued to Non Filers during FY 21-22 while 1200 nos. of assessment U/s 62 have been initiated for non filing of returns.
The total e-waybill generated during June ’21 was 13.38 Lakh against 11.12 Lakh during June ’20.
During the recent review with Tax Officials, Commissioner of CT & GST, Sri. Sushil Kumar Lohani has instructed all the field officers to detect the wrong return filers by applying data analytics and collect all taxes from them as per the provisions of law. Tax Officials have been further instructed to increase the field surveillance so that potential leakages could be plugged
