December 2021 Gross GST revenue collection jump 13% YoY at Rs 1,29,780 cr on higher economic activity, anti-evasion measures

The gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue collected in the month of December 2021 stood at Rs 129,780 crore of which Central GST (CGST) was at Rs 22,578 crore, State GST (SGST) was at Rs 28,658 crore while the Integrated GST (IGST) was at Rs 69,155 crore, according to a government release.

This also included Rs 37,527 crore collected on import of goods with cess collected at Rs 9,389 crore (including Rs 614 crore collected on import of goods).

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The government has settled Rs 25,568 crore to CGST and Rs 21,102 crore to SGST from IGST as regular settlement, the government filing said.

The total revenue of Centre and the States in the month of December 2021 after settlements is Rs 48,146 crore for CGST and Rs 49,760 crore for the SGST.

The revenues for the month of December 2021 are 13 per cent higher than the GST revenues in the same month last year and 26 per cent higher than the GST revenues in December 2019.

During the month, revenues from import of goods was 36 per cent higher and the revenues from domestic transaction (including import of services) were 5 per cent higher than the revenues from these sources during the same month last year.

The GST collection in the month is close to Rs 1.30 lakh crore despite reduction of 17 per cent in the number of e-way bills generated in the month of November, 2021 (6.1 crore) as compared to the month of October, 2021 (7.4 crore) due to improved tax compliance and better tax administration by both Central and State Tax authorities.

The average monthly gross GST collection for the third quarter of the current year has been Rs 1.30 lakh crore against the average monthly collection of Rs 1.10 lakh crore and Rs 1.15 lakh crore in the first and second quarters respectively. 

Coupled with economic recovery, anti-evasion activities, especially action against fake billers have been contributing to the enhanced GST. The improvement in revenue has also been due to various rate rationalization measures undertaken by the Council to correct inverted duty structure. It is expected that the positive trend in the revenues will continue in the last quarter as well.

The chart below shows trends in monthly gross GST revenues during the current year. The table shows the state-wise figures of GST collected in each State during the month of December, 2021 as compared to December 2020.