{"id":777013000,"date":"2024-02-08T10:15:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T13:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013000"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:12:00","slug":"india-to-review-28-gst-on-online-gaming-after-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-to-review-28-gst-on-online-gaming-after-march","title":{"rendered":"India to review 28% GST on online gaming after March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tax from online gaming companies amounted to 34.7bn rupees since it was implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Revenue secretary\u00a0Sanjay Malhotra\u00a0disclosed plans for an evaluation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/gst-council-to-tax-online-gaming-casinos-and-horse-racing-at-28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">28 per cent goods and services tax (GST)<\/a>\u00a0introduced on online gaming last year. The review will take place after March 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since implementation in October, the GST has generated 34.7bn rupees (US$418m) in tax revenue, with projections estimating 140bn rupees for the fiscal year 2024-25.\u00a0Gaming firms have faced increased tax scrutiny, with authorities issuing 71 notices for alleged GST evasion totalling over 1.12tn rupees.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During an interview with Bloomberg, Malhotra said that 53 foreign gaming companies have faced access restrictions for non-compliance with tax regulations.\u00a0The government is also considering revisions to the capital gains tax regime, with potential amendments expected in the upcoming budget presentation in July.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sc-to-hear-final-arguments-on-28-gst-on-online-gaming-industry-in-april\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SC to hear final arguments on 28% GST on online gaming industry in April<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tax from online gaming companies amounted to 34.7bn rupees since it was implemented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":9887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"India's 28% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on online gaming, implemented in October, has generated 34.7bn rupees, with a review scheduled post-March 31. The tax regime has led to significant scrutiny, including 71 evasion notices totaling 1.12tn rupees and access restrictions for 53 non-compliant foreign gaming companies. Further revisions to the capital gains tax are also under consideration.","focusai_entities":"Sanjay Malhotra, Bloomberg, SC","focusai_location":"India","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.8), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GST Review Impact","query":"What specific amendments or clarifications are anticipated from the post-March 31st review of India's 28% GST on online gaming, and how might these impact the effective tax rate on Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) versus Net Gaming Revenue (NGR)?"},{"label":"Foreign Operator Compliance","query":"What are the specific non-compliance issues that led to access restrictions for 53 foreign gaming companies, and what governance frameworks or licensing pathways are being considered to facilitate compliant market entry for international operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,16333],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-777013000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013000","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=777013000"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013031,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013000\/revisions\/777013031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777013000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}