Gross direct tax collection stood at Rs 41,556 crore in April, as against Rs 43,950 crore in the corresponding period last year
Rules refunds should be limited to actual manufacturing or value addition
Earlier, the tax body had initiated a measure to help GST return filers by facilitating early refund of input tax credit
"It has also been decided to issue all pending GST and Customs refunds which would provide benefit to around 100,000 business entities, including MSMEs," the I-T department said
Exporters also hope the Budget will clear the confusion around the old MEIS, which has been discontinued by the government as well as the uncertainty over the awaited RoDTEP scheme
The Centralised Processing Centre (CPC) processed 4.70 crore tax returns between April 2019 and November 28
Goyal said government is encouraging its entrepreneurs to expand their manufacturing operations in the current global trade situation where nations are engaged with each other in a trade war
This year onwards, tax department is only issuing e-refunds directly into the bank
Sitharaman further said that 269 million SMS and emails were sent to taxpayers in 2018-19, reminding them to file their ITRs on time
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