« 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 sleuths raid real estate developers in Bangalore... SEBI extends PAN deadline till December 31... » Net direct tax collections up June, 27th 2007 The Centre's net direct tax collections have registered 52.9 per cent increase in the period between April and June 23 to Rs 42,678 crore. Official sources said that advance tax collections (first instalment) have touched Rs 18,717 crore. This represents a 27.52 per cent increase over advance tax collections of Rs 14,678 crore recorded in the period up to June 23. The due date for the first instalment of advance tax was June 15. For the current fiscal, the Centre is targeting direct taxes collection of Rs 2,67,490 crore