- India’s GST officials have served tax notices worth ₹1 lakh crore to online gaming companies.
- The gaming firms have been accused of evading taxes.
- The GST authority imposed a 28% tax on online gaming companies in August.
- Delta Corp received a GST notice for short payment of tax amounting to ₹6,384 crore.
- Dream11 and GamesKraft also received GST show cause notices for alleged short payment of taxes.
- Amendments to the GST law make it mandatory for offshore online gaming platforms to register in India and pay taxes.
- Online gaming, casinos, and horse racing are now treated as “actionable claims” and subject to 28% GST.
- Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar believes that the AI and online gaming segments can contribute $300 billion to India’s GDP by 2026-27.
- The government acknowledges the importance of online gaming but aims to crack down on bad actors in the industry.
Source: a2ztaxcorp.com
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