IT collection up 30 per cent in Pune circle: IT Chief Commissioner

Pune, Mar 13 (UNI) Income Tax (IT) Chief Commissioner Santosh Dutta today said collections were up by 30 per cent in Corporate Tax and 35 per cent in Income Tax, totalling an average of 33 per cent.

He said the Pune Centre had achieved its target for the first time and total of 21,99,868 returns were filed by Feburary 28.

Concealed income and seizures during this period amounted to recovery of Rs 265.86 crore Till date, the department had collected a target amount of Rs 6,516 crore and it is expected to achieve a target of Rs 8,756 crore by the month-end, he added.

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