Delhi Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot on Friday reviewed the department of trade and taxes ahead of presenting the Budget in the Delhi Assembly. During the meeting, officials informed the Minister that the department has collected a total of Rs 31462.62 crores in taxes till February 2023 which include Rs. 26096.79 crores from GST and Rs. 5365.83 crores from VAT.
The total tax collected from petroleum products in 2022-2023 was Rs.4169.18 crores whereas in 2021-2022, it was Rs.3739.41 crores.
“In order to augment revenue from taxes in Delhi, the Delhi Government identifies and takes regular action against tax defaulters. Also, from time to time, the Government does mandatory field verification of suspicious taxpayers and initiates necessary action as per the DGST Act, 2017.
Meetings with market and trade associations through outreach camps are organised regularly to sensitise them about the latest notifications, circulars, amended provisions of DGST, the benefits of tax-paying and the repercussions of tax evasion.
“Their grievances are also addressed during these outreach camps,” the Delhi government said in a statement.
The statement further said that Delhi is the third state in the country to implement the Document Identification Number (DIN) in the indirect tax administration.
The department informed the Minister that they are collating all the data (both offline & online) of pending recovery cases since 2005. They are also sending SMSes to the taxpayers as a reminder to deposit the tax.
