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- International Monetary Fund (IMF), Fiscal Affairs Department, gave a presentation to the 15th Finance Commission on “resource mobilization over the next five years”
- The discussions were centered around options for improving the tax resources of the general government, with special focus on improving the revenue realization from the GST
- Current collections are
significantly below an estimated revenue frontier for the country, arrived
at using robust panel data analysis of comparator countries
rationalization of the rate structure as well as improvements in compliance and collection efficiency of GST and other taxes can move India much closer to the frontier
