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Vivek Johri, chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), has had a busy schedule, working on the agenda for the meeting of the GST Council..
A day after the panel comprising Union and state finance ministers decided on several changes, Johri spoke to TOI, explaining the proposals and the rationale behind them..
GST Council's decision of 28% tax is a clarification of government's view that online gaming is an actionable claim, liable to be taxed at 28% on face value..
The amendment proposed in GST laws is to further make it clear that "online gaming" is an actionable claim and liable to GST..
If you go by earlier judgments, where it was held that certain activities of this kind are a game of skill, they were given in the context of the anti-gambling law that prohibited gambling in certain states..
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