Nagaland’s gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rebounded in June 2026 to Rs 88 crore, a 6% increase from Rs 83 crore in June 2025, the Union Ministry of Finance data show. The rise follows a sharp month-on-month recovery of Rs 24 crore from May, when collections fell to Rs 64 crore amid the usual seasonal slowdown after the close of the financial year.
The June improvement came despite only marginal growth in new registrations. The state’s registered taxpayer base rose from 11,019 in April to 11,502 in May and reached 11,599 by the end of June, an addition of 483 registrations between April and May and a further 97 in June. Of the June total, 4,765 taxpayers are administered by Central GST authorities and 6,834 by State GST authorities.
Officials say the June rise in revenue appears to have been driven more by stronger tax realisation than by a significant increase in new taxpayers. That is consistent with the pattern for the quarter: a record-high collection of Rs 122 crore in April, a seasonal dip to Rs 64 crore in May, and a partial recovery in June.
On a post-settlement basis-which combines the state’s own SGST collections from transactions within Nagaland and its share of IGST settlements-the cumulative SGST stood at Rs 339 crore at the end of June 2026, slightly down by 1% from Rs 344 crore in the same period last year. For the single month of June, Nagaland received Rs 110 crore in post-settlement revenue, up 2% from Rs 108 crore in June 2025.
At the national level, gross GST collections rose to Rs 1,94,812 crore in June 2026, a year-on-year increase of 13.9% from Rs 1,71,105 crore in June 2025. The growth was led by a 34.6% jump in GST on imports, while domestic GST receipts grew 6.5%.
The Finance Ministry noted that May’s headline growth was muted by a one-time payment of about Rs 10,000 crore by a telecom operator in May 2025 for spectrum allocation. Adjusting for that one-off, gross GST collections for May would have grown about 9%, domestic gross GST revenue by 5%, and net GST revenue by 10.1%, suggesting underlying momentum in tax receipts despite month-to-month volatility.
Original Source: https://www.morungexpress.com/nagaland-gst-collections-rebound-in-june-after-may-slowdown
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Publish Date: 2026-07-05 22:53:00
