Industry players have lamented that taxing GST on deposits rather than the technology platform commission charged by the companies will make the unit economics unviable, wiping out 80 per cent of the industry.
Parliament on Friday approved amendments to the Central and Integrated GST laws to levy 28 per cent tax on the full face value of bets in online gaming
The proposed change to the Central Goods and Services Tax Act will enable the implementation of a 28 percent GST rate for horse racing, online gaming, and casinos.
The amendments to the Central GST (CGST) and Integrated GST (IGST) acts, which were approved by the GST Council last week, are likely to be introduced in the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament
Hundreds of gamers from small towns and cities are getting together, taking to the streets, to appeal to the government for the withdrawal of the 28 per cent GST
National discourse surrounding video games in the last fortnight has been centered around the government’s decision to tax all online gaming activities at 28 per cent through GST
On July 11, the GST Council, headed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, had decided to levy the highest slab of 28 per cent GST on the full value of money paid by users to play skill-based games, without any differentiation between games of skill and chance.
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, tweeting that the Prime Minister's focus seems to be solely on favoring his selected capitalist associates.
The 28 per cent GST on full value of online gaming will substantially and meaningfully erode investor confidence in the backing of this or any other sunrise sector in the Indian tech ecosystem, the investors lamented