The gross goods and service tax (GST) revenue collected in the month of July stood at Rs 1,48,995 crore, which is the second highest ever since the introduction of GST and up 28% year-on-year, the Finance Ministry said in a press release on Monday.
June GST collections had risen 56% YoY to Rs 1.44 lakh cr
“During the month, revenues from import of goods was 48% higher and the revenues from domestic transaction (including import of services) are 22% higher than the revenues from these sources during the same month last year,” the ministry said.
CGST collected in July stands at Rs 25,751 crore, SGST is Rs 32,807 crore while IGST is Rs 79,518 crore (including Rs 41,420 crore collected on import of goods). Cess collected is Rs 10,920 crore (including Rs 995 crore collected on import of goods).
Monthly GST revenues have been more than Rs 1.4 lakh crore for five straight months. The growth in GST revenue till July 2022 over the same period last year is 35%.
“Better reporting coupled with economic recovery has been having positive impact on the GST revenues on a consistent basis. During the month of June 2022, 7.45 crore e-way bills were generated, which was marginally higher than 7.36 crore in May 2022,” the ministry added.
A nationwide Goods and Services Tax (GST), which subsumed 17 local levies like excise duty, service tax and VAT and 13 cesses, was rolled out on July 1, 2017.