Direct tax collections exceed estimates; jump 18 pc to Rs 19.58 lakh cr
India’s net direct tax collections surged by a massive 17.7 per cent year-on-year to rs 19.58 crore in the fiscal year ended march 2024, surpassing even revised estimates by a wide margin, the tax department said on sunday. net collections of income and corporate taxes, which make up for most of the direct taxes, in 2023-24 financial year exceeded the budget estimates by rs 1.35 lakh crore (7.40 per cent) and the revised estimates by rs 13,000 crore. the government had raised the target for direct tax colle