CBDT releases key Direct Tax Statistics through Time-Series data



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The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has made key direct tax statistics publicly available, updated to the financial year 2022-23. This data reveals significant growth, with net direct tax collections rising by over 160% and gross collections by more than 173% between FY 2013-14 and FY 2022-23. The report also shows an increase in the Direct Tax to GDP ratio and a decrease in the cost of collection, alongside a substantial rise in the number of Income Tax Returns filed.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has been releasing key statistics relating to Direct Tax collections and administration in public domain from time to time. In continuation of its efforts to place more and more information in public domain, the CBDT has further released Consolidated Time-Series data as updated upto F.Y. 2022-23.

Direct Tax Statistics Released by CBDT Up to FY 2022-23

The key highlights of some of these statistics are as under

  1. Net Direct Tax Collections have increased by 160.52% from Rs. 6,38,596 crore in F.Y. 2013-14 to Rs. 16,63,686 crore in F.Y. 2022-23. 
  2. Gross Direct Tax Collections of Rs. 19,72,248 crore in F.Y. 2022-23 have registered an increase of over 173.31% compared to Gross Direct Tax Collections of Rs. 7,21,604 crore in F.Y. 2013-14.  
  3. Direct Tax to GDP ratio has increased from 5.62% in F.Y. 2013-14 to 6.11% in F.Y. 2022-23.
  4. The Cost of collection has decreased from 0.57% of total collection in the F.Y. 2013-14 to 0.51% of total collection in the F.Y. 2022-23.
  5. The total number of ITRs filed in FY 2022-23 stands at 7.78 crore showing an increase of 104.91% as compared to total number of ITRs of 3.80 crore filed in FY 2013-14.

The availability of the Time-Series data in public domain will be useful for academicians, research scholars, economists and the public at large in studying long-term trends of various indices of the effectiveness and efficiency of Direct Tax administration in India.

This time series data is available here

FAQ :

The CBDT has released consolidated time-series data relating to Direct Tax collections and administration, updated up to the financial year 2022-23.

Net Direct Tax Collections have increased by 160.52%, from Rs. 6,38,596 crore in FY 2013-14 to Rs. 16,63,686 crore in FY 2022-23.

The Direct Tax to GDP ratio has increased from 5.62% in FY 2013-14 to 6.11% in FY 2022-23.

Yes, the cost of collection has decreased from 0.57% of total collection in FY 2013-14 to 0.51% in FY 2022-23.

A total of 7.78 crore ITRs were filed in FY 2022-23, which is an increase of 104.91% compared to FY 2013-14.

The time-series data is useful for academicians, research scholars, economists, and the public for studying long-term trends in direct tax administration in India.




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