Kathmandu. The government has collected more than Rs 6.75 billion in profit tax from the stock market in the first seven months of the current fiscal year. The government has collected Rs 5.88 billion in capital gains tax from the share market.

The capital gains tax has increased by Rs 1.29 billion in the last one month. As of mid-January, the capital gains tax collected from the share market was only Rs 4.59 billion.

In the month of January, Rs 1,47,66,050.09 personal long-term capital gains tax, Rs 25,62,28,060.36 and corporate capital gain tax Rs 40,32,98,829.89 were collected. In this way, the total capital gains tax for the month of December was Rs 89,80,95,631.07.

In the month of February, Rs 3,339,93,497.65 personal long-term capital gains tax, Rs 13,75,96,375.92 personal short-term capital gains tax and Rs 584,357,377.63 per cent were collected.