There has been a growth in the number of e-Returns filed by the individual tax payers during the last four years.

 

  The number of income-tax returns filed and the annual growth rate during the last four financial years are as under:

Financial	Number of Income Tax Returns	Growth over
Year	(including revised returns) filed	previous year
	by Individuals
2014-15	31,334,957	15.7%
2015-16	40,034,897	27.8%
2016-17	49,329,747	23.2%
2017-18	63,349,975	28.4%

 

 The average net tax liability in the e-Returns filed by individual taxpayers during the period under reference is Rs. 49,656/-.

This was stated by Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla, Minister of State for Finance in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

 

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