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Andhra Pradesh recorded a 5.78% year-on-year maturation successful Net GST collections successful December 2025, “defying gross pressures” caused by GST complaint reductions and withdrawal of compensation cess nether the GST 2.0 reforms, according to authoritative information released by the State Tax Department.
In a connection connected Thursday, Chief Commissioner of State Tax Babu A said the Net GST collections stood astatine ₹2,652 crore, the highest-ever for the period of December since the GST authorities began successful 2017.
The gross pertains to concern transactions undertaken successful November 2025. Officials attributed the maturation to accrued consumption, improved compliance, and strengthened enforcement mechanisms contempt reduced taxation rates connected indispensable goods, user durables, pharmaceuticals, cement, and removal of GST connected beingness and aesculapian insurance.
For the ninth consecutive period (April–December 2025), Andhra Pradesh’s Net GST collections exceeded those of the corresponding play successful the erstwhile fiscal year, signalling sustained economical activity.
The State’s maturation complaint of 5.78% besides surpassed the nationalist mean of 5.61% (excluding imports). Among confederate States, Andhra Pradesh ranked 2nd aft Tamil Nadu (7.85%), performing amended than Karnataka, Kerala, and Telangana.
Gross GST collections for December 2025 amounted to ₹3,137 crore. While gross collections declined by 5.37% compared to December 2024 owed to taxation rationalisation and cess withdrawal, the diminution was marginal astatine 0.24% erstwhile cess collections were excluded, indicating resilience successful the taxation base.
Key gross components besides showed affirmative trends. State GST (SGST) collections roseate to ₹1,102 crore, marking a 2.46% increase, portion IGST colony accrued by 8.29% to ₹1,549 crore owed to improved scrutiny of ineligible input taxation recognition claims.
Petroleum VAT collections reached ₹1,448 crore, up 3.89%, and Professional Tax surged by 38.32% successful December alone, reflecting an expanding payer base.
Cumulatively, full gross collections crossed each sectors up to December 2025 touched ₹39,517 crore, registering a maturation of 4.53% implicit the erstwhile year.
Officials said enhanced information analytics, targeted audits, stricter instrumentality compliance, and swift betterment actions against defaulters were cardinal drivers down the improved performance.
Mr. Babu said the December figures indicated a stabilising fiscal trajectory and underlined Andhra Pradesh’s beardown compliance-driven gross maturation nether the GST regime.
