Odds may stack up against GST on lotteries at Council meet on Friday

Currently, the GST rate on lottery run by state governments stands at 12%

The issue of the goods and services tax (GST) rate on lottery may turn acrimonious in the GST Council meeting on Friday, with Kerala Assembly passing a resolution against Centre’s proposal of imposing a uniform tax rate on state and private-run lotteries to curb revenue leaks due to the present dual rate structure.

Other issues to be taken up by the Council in the half-day meeting include one-year extension for the GST anti-profiteering body, lowering GST rate on electric vehicles to 5 per cent, introduction of electronic invoicing facility for large firms, and radio-frequency identification tagging of e-way bills.

Currently,