NEW DELHI, October 15 — The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), operating under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, on Thursday evening released the provisional direct tax revenue statistics for the first half of FY 2026-27 (April to September), confirming gross collections reached ₹11.26 lakh crore, reflecting an 18.2 percent year-on-year surge.
Disaggregated tax receipts revealed that gross Corporate Income Tax (CIT) collections stood at ₹5.48 lakh crore, while Personal Income Tax (PIT, inclusive of the Securities Transaction Tax) yielded ₹5.78 lakh crore. Following cumulative statutory tax refunds amounting to ₹1.82 lakh crore, net direct tax receipts settled at ₹9.44 lakh crore, registering 16.1 percent net growth over the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.
Revenue officials attributed the revenue buoyancy to deep data-matching through the Annual Information Statement (AIS), non-intrusive e-verification protocols, and expanding formal sector corporate balance sheets, keeping the Centre firmly on track to achieve its full-year budgetary direct tax target of ₹22.07 lakh crore.
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