« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  Mock Test Papers Series - I & II for Students appearing in CA Foundation January 2027 Examination.  Income Tax Rules 2026: CBDT Introduces Revised Form 161 for Penalty Waiver, Clarifies Misreporting Categories and Taxpayer Relief  ITR Filing and Income Tax Audit Deadline Extended: 5 Critical Things Taxpayers Must Know  Filing Belated ITR for AY 2026-27? Know Which Losses You Can Carry Forward and Which You May Lose  CBDT Extends Tax Audit Report Deadline to October 21, ITR Filing Last Date to November 21 for AY 2026-27  CBDT Extends AY 2026-27 ITR Filing Deadline for Tax-Audit Cases: New Dates and Key Compliance Details  Foreign Assets Missing From Your ITR? Income Tax Department Opens One-Time Disclosure Window  Tax Audit Deadline September 30: Why AIS, TDS and GST Figures May Not Match Your ITR and What Taxpayers Should Do  Tax audit deadline September 30: Common mistakes taxpayers should avoid  Your ITR says ‘verified’, but the refund hasn’t arrived? 5 reasons why your money could be stuck  Missed the ITR Deadline but TDS Refund Is Due? Here’s How You Can Still Claim Your Money «  New Japan PM vows to cut spending, says little on tax... High-fliers , I-T’s looking for you... » Bhopal now has more income tax payers September, 30th 2006 There has been a surge in the number of taxpayers in Bhopal. The department of income tax has achieved 41 per cent of the 2005-06 tax collection target in Bhopal, Jabalpur and Gwalior. The number of returns received by the department has gone up by 18.24 per cent. Last year, on August 31, the figure was 301,071. However this year, on August 31, the figure stood at 355,997.The department today claimed that of the total Rs 1,967 crore budget allocated to chief commissioner, income tax Bhopal charge, Ashwini Kumar Luthra, a collection of Rs 808 crore has been achieved. Luthra said, The tax collection will go up to Rs 2,000 crore during this financial year. He said: The advance tax is up by 224.41 per cent, from Rs 333.85 crore in last March to Rs 1,083.68 crore in this March. The advance tax collection in one year has gone up by 14.40 per cent. The advance tax collection stood at Rs 416.86 crore on September 26 last year and has increased to Rs 476.88 crore by September 26 this year. According to Luthra, the tax deducted at source has gone up by 68.88 per cent during 2005-06 from Rs 374.44 crore to Rs 632.35 crore. The refunds issued up to September 26 this year have gone up by 167 per cent to Rs 124 crore from Rs 46.44 crore. The number of returns has gone up by 36.12 per cent in Bhopal from 96,588 last year to 131,472 this year, 11.65 per cent in Gwalior from 61,194 to 69,260, 4.7 per cent in Jabalpur-I region from 75,205 to 78,911 and 10.83 per cent from 68,084 to 76,354.