TIOL-DDT 1466 · Thursday, 14 October 2010 · story 4 of 7

Revenue is Booming – 44.4 percent increase in Indirect taxes

April-Sep 2010 (Rs. Crores)

Percentage increase over previous year corresponding period

Customs

63229

66.8

Central Excise

60834

40.7

Service Tax

26623

14.8

Total

150686

44.4

HOWEVER encouraging the results are, the collections for the first six months are 48.1% of the Budget Estimates and if the Service Tax Revenue was a little better, maybe they would have crossed the 50% mark. This proves that the estimates were after all very accurate.