Top gaming firms urge government not to raise GST rate to 28%

A group of top online gaming firms has sent a representation through the Ficci Gaming Committee to the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC), urging the body not to hike the GST rate for the sector to 28% from 18% as suggested by ministers’ panel. "This (recommendation) is a major shift from the current tax regime of charging GST on the platform fee/ gross gaming revenue (…