{"id":32473,"date":"2022-08-09T05:57:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T08:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=32473"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:06:00","slug":"india-gst-council-to-discuss-gambling-tax-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-gst-council-to-discuss-gambling-tax-in-september","title":{"rendered":"India: GST Council to discuss gambling tax in September"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The GST Council has postponed its meeting to allow a group of ministers (GoM) to complete its review of gambling taxation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has postponed its August meeting on the taxation of gambling to September. The GST Council is considering the introduction of a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-tax-hike-proposed-for-online-gaming\" target=\"_blank\">Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 28 per cent<\/a>\u00a0for online gaming, racecourses, and casinos, but has delayed its meeting to allow a group of ministers (GoM) to complete and submit its report on the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another GoM, which is tasked with making recommendations on the establishment of GST tribunals in each state, also needs more time to complete its report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Casinos, horse racing and online non-gambling games currently pay 18 per cent of the cash collected per game. The proposed 28 per cent rate would apply to online games involving wagering or gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For casinos, the GoM has recommended taxing the full face value of chips\/coins purchased by casino players. GST would no longer be levied on the stake value of each betting round, including bets won in previous betting rounds. Additionally, the GoM has proposed a 28 per cent GST on casino entry fees including food and beverages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposal has been criticised by gaming operators,&nbsp;<strong>including the platform WinZO<\/strong>&nbsp;which said that \u201cto paint the entire online gaming industry with the same brush as gambling\u2026would have serious implications on the development of this sector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-gom-to-meet-with-gambling-industry-representatives\" target=\"_blank\">the GoM<\/a>&nbsp;met with the&nbsp;<strong>Bangalore Turf Club<\/strong>&nbsp;to discuss race-related topics, including GST. It also visited casinos in Goa to gain firsthand experience of the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GST Council has postponed its meeting to allow a group of ministers (GoM) to complete its review of gambling taxation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The GST Council has deferred its August meeting to September, awaiting a Group of Ministers' (GoM) final report on proposed taxation changes for the iGaming and casino sectors in India. The GoM is considering a 28% Goods and Services Tax on online wagering games, racecourses, and casinos, with specific recommendations for taxing the full face value of casino chips and entry fees. This proposal has drawn criticism from industry operators, citing potential adverse impacts on sector development.","focusai_entities":"GST Council, GoM, WinZO, Bangalore Turf Club","focusai_location":"India, Bangalore, Goa","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.8), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on NGR?","query":"How will the proposed 28% GST on the full face value of casino chips and online wagering impact the Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) and overall profitability margins for licensed operators in India?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Challenges?","query":"What specific regulatory compliance and technical implementation challenges will operators face in adapting their platforms and financial reporting systems to the proposed GST calculation methodology?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,158,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-32473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32473"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32501,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32473\/revisions\/32501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}