Highest monthly GST collection in Himachal

Shimla : Himachal Pradesh’s Excise and Taxation Department said today the monthly GST collection of the state has registered a growth of 50.7 percent in July 2021.

The official said the GST collected in this month stands at Rs 473.81 crore which is the highest GST collection in any single month since implementation of GST.

The cumulative GST collections up to July-2021 now stand at Rs 1301.03 crore. The state had collected Rs 705.26 crore during the corresponding period in the last financial year. 

The official claimed some of the reasons for the improved GST collections are increased business activities, improvement in return filling as a result of better monitoring of taxpayers, and more effective enforcement activities by the department.