The online gaming industry is staring at a potential liability of around ₹2.5 lakh crore after the Supreme Court upheld the levy of 28% GST on the full face value of bets placed on online gaming platforms, along with supporting rules for valuation across betting, gambling, lotteries, horse racing and casinos, reported TOI.
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan of the Supreme Court of India ruled that there was no constitutional defect in taxing online gaming at 28% on the entire bet value and upheld the CGST framework used to determine taxable supplies in such activities.