The panel of ministers tasked to review the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on casinos, online gaming and race courses has finalised its report, favouring 28 percent tax on the three services.
The final report will now be taken up in the next GST Council meeting.
The Group of Ministers (GoM), chaired by Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma, had in its previous meeting earlier this month unanimously decided on hiking the tax rate on these services to 28 per cent.
The GoM met again on Wednesday and finalised the method of valuing these services for the purpose of levying this tax.
“The Group of Ministers (GoM) on casinos, race courses & online gaming has come to a consensus. The report of our submissions will be handed over to Hon’ble FM, Smti. @nsitharaman Ji in a day or two & the matter will be presented in the next @GST_Council Meeting,” Sangma tweeted.
At present, services of casinos, horse racing and online gaming attract 18 per cent GST.
The government had in May last year set up a panel of state ministers for better valuation of services of casinos, online gaming portal and race courses for levying GST.
Other state ministers in the eight-member panel include Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, Gujarat finance minister Kanubhai Patel, Goa panchayati raj minister Mauvin Godinho, Tamil Nadu finance minister P Thiaga Rajan, Uttar Pradesh finance minister Suresh Khanna and Telangana finance minister T Harish Rao.
