Six out of seven clients closed their large derivatives positions in Delta Corp. after the Indian GST Council raised GST rates on gaming and casinos.
Read MoreEvery Friday, Plain Facts publishes a compilation of data-based insights, complete with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve deeper into the stories reported by Mint in the week gone by. North India has been battered by rains this week. The revised indirect tax rules on online gaming are likely to choke the industry. Retail inflation rose more than expected in June. A new global poverty report indicated some cheer for India.
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If you are planning to buy an SUV (sport utility vehicle) or MUV (multi-utility vehicle) the GST Council’s decision to change the definition of UVs that attract a compensation cess of 22% may have implications. Mint explains the changes and the impact on buyers.
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The move has the potential to boost tax collections as businesses and traders may have to use cash payments where tax credits cannot be used.
Read MoreThe complexity of decisions taken by the GST Council is enough to explain why we need a reset of this regime. Let’s get it back in harmony with its promise of ‘one country, one tax’
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council’s latest decisions highlight just how complex this tax regime has become. Multi-utility vehicles (MUVs) with a minimum length of 4,000mm, or engine size of at least 1,500cc, or ground clearance exceeding 170mm will now be treated like sport-utility vehicles (SUVs), thus attracting a cess of 22% instead of 20%.
Multiplex operator PVR Inox Ltd got some respite after goods and services tax (GST) council said food items and beverages (F&B) consumed at cinema halls will be taxed at 5%. Pre-booked snacks will also be taxed at the same rate. This provides tax rate certainty.
Read MoreHigher-end passenger vehicles (PVs) will likely see price hikes following changes in taxation rules by the GST Council, which has modified the definition of vehicles that will attract a compensation cess of 22%, additional to the 28% tax rate.
Read MoreThe online real-money gaming (RMG) industry in India is reeling after the decision by the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council to impose a 28% tax on the entire entry fee rather than just the platform fee. Industry associations and companies argue that this move will not only restrict cash flow, but also diminish players’ motivation to participate on legitimate sites, driving them towards illegal offshore betting companies.
Read MoreThe Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council recently decided to treat multi-utility vehicles (MUVs) with a minimum length of four metres, an engine size of at least 1,500cc, or a ground clearance exceeding 170 mm as sport-utility vehicles (SUVs). These vehicles used to attract 20% GST but will now attract 22% GST. MUVs that don’t match the prescribed criteria will continue to attract 20% GST.
Read More‘It was good fun being part of the fantasy gaming industry - which stands murdered now. $10 Bn down the drain in this monsoon’, said Ashneer Grover
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