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GoM for different GST on sports betting, casinos and horse racing

Group of ministers to seek legal opinion for the move

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For now, the GoM has suggested a uniform 28 per cent rate for the three sectors.

Arup Roychoudhury New Delhi
The group of ministers tasked by the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council to recommend ways to tax online gaming and betting, casinos and horse racing will take further legal opinion and try to differentiate between the three entertainment sectors before making its final recommendations to the council.

It is understood that if the base on which GST is taxed for the three sectors is different for each, then the rates may also be different. For now, the GoM has suggested a uniform 28 per cent rate for the three sectors.

The next meeting of the GST Council is expected

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