Odisha has recorded the highest ever SGST
collection of Rs 1,714.78 crore during April 2022 against Rs 1,126.67
crore during April, 2021 with a growth of 52.20%.
It also surpassed the previous highest recorded in the month of March
2022 by a big margin of Rs 363.53 crore.
This was informed by Commissioner of CT and GST, Sushil Kumar
Lohani here on Monday.
Odisha has also maintained the highest growth rate of gross GST
amongst the major States with a collection of Rs 4,910.23 crore during
April 2022 as against Rs 3,849.48 crore collected during April 2021,
registering a growth of 28%, he said.
The gross GST collection during April 2022 is also the highest in a
month since inception of GST.
There is a collection of Rs 1,381.00 crore in CGST with growth of 45%
and Rs 722.40 crore in Cess with growth of 18% during the last month.
However, IGST monthly settlement has shown a negative growth of
89% owing to substantial increase in inter-State sales during the month.
The total collection of VAT (petrol and liquor) is Rs 232.88 crore during
April 2022 as against Rs 224.25 crore collected during April 2021 with a
marginal growth rate of 3.85%.
Collection from petroleum products is Rs 176.52 crore in the last month
against Rs 172.70 crore collected during April 2021 with a growth of
2.21%.
Similarly, the collection from liquor is Rs 56.36 crore during April 2022
while Rs 51.55 crore was collected from the commodity during April
2021, thereby recording a growth rate of 9.33%.
There is a growth of 19.43% in Professional Tax with a collection of Rs
27.17 crore in the last month against collection of Rs 22.75 crore during
April last year. All GST registered taxpayers as well as other
professionals are also advised to pay their annual Professional Tax in the
first quarter of 2022-23, Lohani said.
The high growth in gross GST has been led by mining and
manufacturing sectors with growth of 179% in mining sector, 270% in
manufacturing sector and 105% in trading sector.
In addition, regular surveillance and intelligence-based action against the
tax evaders have contributed significantly in improving compliance by
the taxpayers, he added.
The Commissioner has instructed the field officers to ensure at least
90% return filing, return scrutiny of all suspected/ big taxpayers as well
as prompt demand and recovery in case of detection of irregularities.
He has further advised to devise sector specific strategies for detection
of tax evaders and to also focus on real estate, minor mineral and trading
sector etc.
During April 2022, 3,145 new taxpayers were bought under the GST
fold. Further, the total e-waybill generated during April 2022 was 17.57
lakh against 15.28 lakh generated during April 2021 witnessing a growth
of 14.98%. This reflects consistent recovery in economic activities and
growth post Covid-19.