Direct tax mopup rises 294 percent in a decade
Total number of taxpayers surged to 10.41 crore, from 5.70 crore in FY15, as per the data. The number of tax returns more than doubled to 8.61 crore in 2024 from 4.04 crore in FY15. The tax-to-GDP ratio showed a marked improvement at 6.64% in FY25 as compared with 5.55% in FY15. Tax buoyancy increased to 2.12 from 0.86, the data showed, with the contribution of direct tax to the overall tax kitty rising marginally to 56.72% in FY24, from 56.16% in FY15.
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