« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  ITR Filing 2025: These individuals are exempt from paying tax. Do they need to file returns?  Full List Of Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Announced Wednesday  Top 5 tax-saving investment options for salaried individuals to consider before March 31, 2025  5 lesser lesser-known avenues of tax saving you can use to save income tax before March 31, 2025  March 15 is deadline for last advance tax installment: Know if you must pay «  Tax men want Rs 1.32 lakh as salary per month... I-T to rope in Sebi for probing Hassan Ali hawala scam... » Indirect tax mop-up rises 22% in April-Jan March, 10th 2007 Indirect tax collections increased by 22.2 per cent to Rs 1,90,424 crore during April-January 2006-07, as compared to Rs 1,55,859 crore during the corresponding period of the last fiscal.    Customs and excise collections increased by 16.8 per cent to Rs 1,79,265 crore till February this fiscal, as against Rs 1,53,463 crore in the same period last fiscal.    According to data released today, service tax collections grew 64.4 per cent till January 2007 to Rs 28,877 crore, as compared to Rs 17,563 crore in the same period last fiscal. Service tax collections increased by 62.1 per cent to Rs 3,203 crore in January 2007. Given the trend, the government will mop up over Rs 9,292 crore as service tax during February and March of the current fiscal to reach the revised estimate of Rs 38,169 crore for 2006-07.