Tamil Nadu’s Tax Revenue Rises 14.5% in Q1 FY26

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• Tamil Nadu’s own tax Revenue (SOTR) rose 14.5% to ₹43,070.45 crore in Q1 of 2025-2026, from ₹37,605.43 crore a year earlier.
• SOTR constitutes 75.3% of the state’s total revenue receipts.

– State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) revenue increased by nearly 21% to ₹15,761.04 crore.
– Revenue from other taxes and duties grew by approximately 23.9% to ₹3,529.86 crore.
– Stamps and registration fees revenue rose 19.3% to ₹5,868.88 crore.
– State Excise Duties increased slightly to ₹2,904.47 crore (from ₹2,791.53 crore).
– VAT on petrol/diesel/liquor grew by 7.8%, totaling₹14,954.37 crore in collections.

• Land revenue saw a sharp decline from ₹156.55 crore last year to only ₹51.83 crore this year in Q1.
• Tamil Nadu has projected its SOTR for FY2025-26 at ₹2,20,894 crores-a rise compared with revised estimates for FY2024-25 at35Approx522+revised amounts rec Additionally-revised this achLI