Chennai, Sep 16 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government is hoping to mop up around Rs.30,000 crore from commercial taxes this fiscal.
During the first five months of the fiscal, the government has earned Rs.12,477.62 crore as against Rs.9,797.57 crore earned during the corresponding period of the previous year.
Last month the government earned Rs.2,680.05 crore, registering the highest ever monthly tax collections.
The state had earned Rs.24,818.84 crore in 2009-10, net of write off of long pending dues under one time settlement scheme.
The government has extended the one time settlement scheme from Aug 31, 2010 to Dec 31, 2010.
The scheme, which was introduced in June, fetched the government Rs.111 crore of pending tax dues.
According to the Commercial Taxes Department, around 1,000 big business establishments remit around Rs.1,400 crore taxes using the electronic payment facility.
The department has installed a new software in its new high end servers so as to get data seamlessly.
