CGST Third Amendment Rules 2023 for Online Gaming and Casinos

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS

NOTIFICATION

No. 45/2023 – Central Tax

New Delhi, dated the $06^{\text{th}}$ September, 2023.

G.S.R...(E). –In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely: —

1. Short title and commencement.–(1) These rules may be called the Central Goods and Services Tax (Third Amendment) Rules, 2023.

(2) They shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2. In the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, after rule 31A, the following rules shall be inserted, namely:-

"31B. Value of supply in case of online gaming including online money gaming.– Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter, the value of supply of online gaming, including supply of actionable claims involved in online money gaming, shall be the total amount paid or payable to or deposited with the supplier by way of money or money's worth, including virtual digital assets, by or on behalf of the player:

Provided that any amount returned or refunded by the supplier to the player for any reasons whatsoever, including player not using the amount paid or deposited with the supplier for participating in any event, shall not be deductible from the value of supply of online money gaming.

31C. Value of supply of actionable claims in case of casino.– Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter, the value of supply of actionable claims in casino shall be the total amount paid or payable by or on behalf of the player for –

• (i) purchase of the tokens, chips, coins or tickets, by whatever name called, for use in casino; or
• (ii) participating in any event, including game, scheme, competition or any other activity or process, in the casino, in cases where the token, chips, coins or tickets, by whatever name called, are not required:

Provided that any amount returned or refunded by the casino to the player on return of token, coins, chips, or tickets, as the case may be, or otherwise, shall not be deductible from the value of the supply of actionable claims in casino.

Explanation.– For the purpose of rule 31B and rule 31C, any amount received by the player by winning any event, including game, scheme, competition or any other activity or process, which is used for playing by the said player in a further event without withdrawing, shall not be considered as the amount paid to or deposited with the supplier by or on behalf of the said player."

[F. No. CBIC-20/2/2023-GST]

(Raghavendra Pal Singh)
Director

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide notification number 3/2017-Central Tax, dated the $19^{\text{th}}$ June, 2017, published, vide number G.S.R. 610(E), dated the $19^{\text{th}}$ June, 2017 and were last amended, vide notification No. 38/2023 -Central Tax, dated the $4^{\text{th}}$ August 2023, vide number G.S.R. 590 (E), dated the $4^{\text{th}}$ August 2023.