In a written reply to a query within the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary stated, “The entire quantity of tax arrears pending as on June 2025, beneath oblique taxes is over Rs 7.01 lakh crore and beneath direct taxes is over Rs 47.52 lakh crore.”
Cumulatively, direct and oblique tax arrears stood at Rs 54.53 lakh crore as of June 30.
Of the overall oblique tax arrears, over Rs 2.66 lakh crore pertain to these the place pending taxes in particular person instances is above Rs 10 crore as of June 2025.
In case of direct taxes, tax arrears above Rs 10 crore as on June 2025 totalled about Rs 35.48 lakh crore.
Additional, of the Rs 7.01 lakh crore pending tax arrears beneath oblique tax, over Rs 3.71 lakh crore is pending as a consequence of litigation at numerous levels. Equally, for direct taxes out of complete Rs 47.52 lakh crore arrears due, an quantity of over Rs 31.26 lakh crore is pending as a consequence of litigation at numerous levels.
