A committee on digitalisation headed by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu had in an interim report recommended taxing cash transactions of at least Rs 50,000 to promote digital payments.
As much as Rs 583 crore (Rs 5.83 billion) was collected from the Fringe Benefit Tax and Rs 20 crore (Rs 200 million) from Banking Cash Transaction Tax during the first quarter of this fiscal, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
FBT was an unpopular tax and withdrawn before the General Elections in 2009
The government may now exempt states from paying this tax while withdrawing money to pay salary to its employees.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the new banking cash transaction tax imposed this year has started yielding results by helping authorities keep a track on black money.