Gaming Cos Slam Treatment Of User Fees As Actionable Claims

Senior advocate Harish Salve, arguing for EGF, contended that treating the participation fees as actionable claims under GST law was misconceived as platforms acted merely as facilitators

Salve also argued that the methodology of taxing the entire deposit pool to ascertain valuation distorted the actual tax base and amounted to an unjust financial burden on gaming platforms

Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi also questioned the Centre’s “legislative competence” to impose GST on…