Andhra Pradesh commercial tax collections rise 18% to ₹30,436 cr in H1

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- ✓Andhra Pradesh commercial tax collections rose 18 per cent to ₹30,435.98 crore in the first half of fiscal 2026-27.
- ✓The state Commercial Taxes Department said the increase reflected higher consumption of goods and services.
- ✓Better tax compliance, enforcement, and revenue monitoring helped the state record these gains during the current year.
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Andhra Pradesh's September net GST growth was higher than the national post-settlement average of 8%.
Andhra Pradesh's commercial tax collections rose 18 per cent year-on-year to ₹30,435.98 crore in the first half of fiscal 2026-27, with September recording the highest monthly collection so far, the state Commercial Taxes Department said.
The state collected ₹4,986.18 crore in commercial taxes in September, ₹651.34 crore or 15.03 per cent more than a year earlier, according to the department.
The first-half collections were ₹4,543.06 crore higher than the corresponding period of 2025-26.
Net GST collections rose 18 per cent to ₹19,635.49 crore during April-September from ₹16,760.21 crore a year earlier.
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