The finance ministry on Tuesday said in the Rajya Sabha that the average monthly goods and services tax (GST) collection in the July-January period stood at Rs 89,767 crore, higher than Rs 87,468 crore reported earlier. The government provides the collection figures a few days after the deadline for filing returns for a particular month expires. However, many taxpayers continue to file returns and pay taxes much after the deadline, thus leading to an increase in the collection at a later date.

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