The Commercial Tax Department has reported first quarter revenue collection of Rs 1622.22 crore for financial year 2013-14. This was Rs 157.91 crore higher than the corresponding period of the previous year.
The information was provided at a meeting chaired by Commercial Tax Minister Amar Agrawal here on Monday. The Minister stated that there are around 10,000 businessmen with annual turnover of more than Rs 60 lakh, but were still not filing returns.
Agrawal directed the officials to carry out spot inspection of the businessmen’s premises not filing returns by July 31 this year, an official press release issued here late on Monday night stated.