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GST collections

Gross GST collected across India each month.

Aug 2026+14.8% vs last year
₹1,99,853 Cr
August 2026 at a glance
Net, after refunds
₹1,68,057 Cr
+8.3%
Refunds paid
₹31,795 Cr
+67.9%
GST on imports
₹62,604 Cr
+29.0%
Apr–Aug 2026
₹10,42,757 Cr
+11.0%

Hover over a state to see its numbers.

Registered businesses

Every GST-registered business has a GSTIN. Taller states have more of them.

1.70 crore
GSTINs as of 31 August 2026
Most registrations
Uttar Pradesh22.4 lakh
Maharashtra21.0 lakh
Gujarat14.6 lakh
Tamil Nadu12.7 lakh
Karnataka11.4 lakh

Goods move faster

One tax meant no more stops at every state border.

~20% faster trips
Border checkposts gone

22 states scrapped their tax checkposts in 2017. Trucks used to lose a fifth of every trip waiting at them.

13.9 crore e-way bills in August
Every shipment is tracked

Goods worth over ₹50,000 travel with a digital e-way bill. Volumes are up 7.7% on a year ago.

Record 36.9M sq ft leased in 2025
Fewer, bigger warehouses

Firms no longer need a depot in every state to save tax, so they build large regional hubs instead.

Easier to do business

01
One tax instead of 17

GST replaced 17 central and state taxes and 13 cesses. Credit for tax paid on inputs stops tax being charged on tax.

02
Everything filed online

Returns, e-invoices and e-way bills run on one portal. Large firms file straight from their accounting software.

03
Two main rates

Since 22 September 2025 most goods are taxed at 5% or 18%. A 40% rate covers luxury and sin goods.

Maharashtra

Biggest contributor

Collects about a fifth of India's domestic GST

State's GST revenue
₹17,789 Cr
vs August 2025
+13%
Total GST collected
₹28,779 Cr
Share of India's GST
21.0%
Registered businesses
21.0 lakh

Mumbai's banks and service firms and Pune's auto plants make Maharashtra the largest GST payer by a wide margin. It collected more than Karnataka and Gujarat combined in August.

What still needs fixing

Three problems GST 2.0 hasn't solved.

Fake invoices

₹74,782 Cr of fake credit caught in 2025-26

Shell firms bill for goods that never move, so buyers can claim tax credit they didn't earn. Officers flagged 30,162 cases in the year.

Appeals backlog

Tribunal hearings only began in Feb 2026

The GST Appellate Tribunal took more than eight years after launch to start hearing cases. Appeals filed by the July 2026 deadline were expected to top 2 lakh.

Tax credit gets stuck

Domestic refunds up 73% in August 2026

GST 2.0 moved many products to 5% while their inputs and services often stay at 18%. Textile, fertiliser and food makers build up credit they must claim back as refunds.

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