One taxpayer owed 11% of total tax to be paid by all Indians
A single unnamed taxpayer owed the government ₹21,870 crore for the assessment year 2014-15, which was 11% of income tax to be paid by all Indians, according to Income Tax Department data. Further, three individual taxpayers declared business income of over ₹500 crore, it added. Notably, the collection of income tax increased nine times from 2000-01 to 2015-16.