New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- India's direct tax collections recorded a robust growth in the current financial year, with net collections rising by 8.82 per cent to Rs 18.37 lakh crore as on January 11, 2026, compared to the corresponding period last year, according to official data released on Monday here.
The provisional figures show that gross direct tax collections for FY 2025-26 stood at Rs 21.49 lakh crore, marking a 4.14 per cent increase over Rs 20.64 lakh crore collected during the same period of FY 2024-25.
Corporate tax collections continued to form a significant share of the revenue. Gross corporate tax collection increased to Rs 10.46 lakh crore in FY26 (up from Rs 9.72 lakh crore last year), while net corporate tax collections rose ...