Direct tax kitty grows 3.69% in H1

With this, the mop-up from direct taxes for first half of the fiscal touched Rs 1,52,625 crore, an increase of 3.69 per cent over the corresponding period a year ago. The growth in corporate tax kitty was more pronounced at 5.55 per cent over last year’s. Rs 1,00,572 was collected in corporate taxes compared to Rs 95,283 crore last year, Central Board of Direct taxes said in a statement.