Tamil Nadu's Own Tax revenue increases 14.5% in Q1, FY2025-2026
The State's own revenue (SOTR) constitutes 75.3% of Tamil Nadu's total revenue receipts.
Among the SOTR components, the State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) collection increased nearly 21% to ₹15,761.04 crore in the first quarter of 2025-2026 from ₹13,019.26 crore in the same period last year. Revenue from Other Taxes and Duties increased about 23.9% to ₹3,529.86 crore in the April-June 2025 period from ₹2,848.96 crore in the comparable period last year.
In the first quarter of 2025-2026, Revenue from Stamps and Registration Fees rose 19.3% to ₹5,868.88 crore from ₹4,918.51 crore in the same period last year.
The State Excise Duties (which reflect liquor revenue) increased to ₹2,904.47 crore in the April-June quarter of 2025-2026 from ₹2,791.53 crore in the same period last year.
Revenue collection from the component taxes on sales and trade etc. (including VAT on petrol and diesel and liquor) grew 7.8% to ₹14,954.37 crore in the first quarter of 2025-2026 from ₹13,870.62 crore in the year-ago period.
Land revenue declined steeply to ₹51.83 crore in the first quarter of 2025-2026 from ₹156.55 crore in the same period last year.
In the budget estimates for 2025-2026, the State government has projected SOTR to increase to ₹2,20,894.58 crore, up 14.6% from the revised estimates of ₹1,92,752.43 crore for 2024-2025.
The State's share of Union Taxes stood at ₹13,296.29 crore in the first quarter of 2025-2026, up 16.6% from ₹11,400.88 crore in the same period last year. Non-tax revenue declined to ₹2,895.70 crore in the April-June quarter of 2025-2026 from ₹3,946.26 crore in the same period last year. Including SOTR, Share of Union Taxes, Non-Tax revenue and grants-in-aid contribution, Tamil Nadu's total revenue receipts in the first quarter of 2025-2026 increased 14.9% to ₹63,755.70 crore from ₹55,467.63 crore in the same period last year. The current year's number was 19.23% of the budgeted estimates.
The revenue deficit, which indicates that expenditure exceeds receipts, came in at ₹15,298.98 crore in the first quarter, while the fiscal deficit, the difference between total receipts and total expenditure, stood at ₹19,377.19 crore.
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