new delhi at rs 168 lakh crore the goods and services tax gst collection in april touched an alltime high up nearly 20 per cent from the same period last year the finance ministry saidimproved compliance and recovery in business activity are the key reasons behind the record collections the finance ministry statement saidduring the month 106 crore gst returns from gstr3b were filed of which 97 lakh pertained to march 2022the gross gst revenue collected in april is rs 167540 crore of which cgst is rs 33159 crore sgst rs 41793 crore igst rs 81939 crore including rs 36705 crore collected on import of goods and cess rs 10649 crore including rs 857 crore collected on import of goods the ministry saidthe gross gst collection in april 2022 is an alltime high and rs 25000 crore more than the previous highest collection of rs 142 lakh crore recorded in marchin april last year the mopup from goods and services tax gst was about rs 140 lakh crorethere is a clear improvement in the compliance behaviour which has been a result of various measures taken by the tax administration to nudge taxpayers to file returns timely to making compliance easier and strict enforcement action was taken against errant taxpayers identified based on data analytics and artificial intelligence it saidduring april revenues from import of goods were 30 per cent higher and the revenues from the domestic transaction including import of services are 17 per cent more than the revenues from these sources during the same month last yearthe total number of eway bills generated in march 2022 was 77 crore which is 13 per cent higher than 68 crore in february 2022 which reflects the recovery of business activity at a faster pace the ministry saidin april 2022 847 per cent of registered businesses paid taxes by filing gstr3b compared to 783 per cent in the yearago periodalso 8311 per cent of gst registered businesses have filed supply or sales return gstr1 compared to 739 per cent a year agothe highest ever tax collection in a single day also happened on april 20 and rs 57847 crore was paid as gst through 958 lakh transactionsdeloitte india partner ms mani said while the gst collections in respect of march have always been high the record collections of rs 168 lakh crore reported are on account of multiple favourable factors including the recent changes on permitting input tax credits only upon timely compliance by the vendorsthe impact of the continuing focus on ensuring timely compliance by all gst registrants by restricting the input tax credits of the buyers together with enhanced analytics to detect evasion has also contributed significantly to the alltime high collections reported mani saidtax connect advisory partner vivek jalan said while the high collection depicts that the indian economy is coming out of the pandemic in full swing now it is also a result of the tremendous price rise in input cost and implementation of gstr 2b wherein