Nov 08, 2017 08:53 (IST)
Did Demonetisation Increase Tax Base? Not Really
If the government is to be believed, the ban on high-value currency led to a significant surge in India's tax base over the past year. To back this claim, the government has released a deluge of data. Including the claim that that there was a 25 per cent increase in tax returns in the April-August 2017 period, compared to the same period last year. But the surge is not unusual given what demonetisation was meant to achieve.
If the government is to be believed, the ban on high-value currency led to a significant surge in India's tax base over the past year. To back this claim, the government has released a deluge of data. Including the claim that that there was a 25 per cent increase in tax returns in the April-August 2017 period, compared to the same period last year. But the surge is not unusual given what demonetisation was meant to achieve.