Haryana has created a benchmark by contributing the highest of 4.7 percent in the national GST collection. It is one of the 29 states in India owning just 1.8 percent of the geographical land of the country and accommodating the 2.9 percent of the national population.
State’s finance and tax minister Captain Abhimanyu declared that the per capita GST collection of the state holds Rs. 21,745 which is more than twice the national per capita GST Collection (Rs 9,370).
Collections under GST are further segregated into four different Acts namely, Haryana Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, and the Compensation to States Tax Act, 2017.
The minister said, Haryana has the highest GST return filing compliances in the country. He further clarified his words by addressing some statistics, the yearly collection of the state including all the four Acts was Rs. 55,231 crore which if calculated on a monthly basis is Rs. 4,602.56 crore per month. The State GST collection of Haryana in the financial year 2018-19 is Rs 18,987.83 crore against the collection of Rs. 10,844.6 crore in the financial year 2017-18 which clearly shows that the state has shown the growth of 16.77 percent in regards to GST Collection.
Abhimanyu says on a good note, the return compliance of the state alone is 4.5 percent higher than the average national return compliance making it one among the top three high GST compliant states in the country.
The state government keeps a check on the non-fillers. They regularly send SMS alerts, emails and show-cause notices to the non-fillers.
The minister further stated that the taxation department is working on the refund applications and issuing the refunds to the taxpayers within the time limit of 60 Days. Till date, the department has processed around 10,300 applications granting refunds of Rs. 1643 crores under all the GST Acts.
He said the department has already taken initiatives for increasing the tax revenue and removing the chances of tax-evasion from the state. One among such initiatives is to bring the taxpayers under tax net who were immune from paying tax under VAT, for example, dealers of textiles and pesticides.
Since GST is implemented in the country, from Haryana alone 2,47,814 new taxpayers have been added in the list. Now the total registered taxpayers prevailing in the state are 4,49,827.
