Question

    President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to which two

    bills related to taxation, aimed at amending the Goods and Services Tax Acts of 2017? These bills define terms like online gaming, online money gaming, and virtual digital assets, and also exclude online money gaming from a certain definition.
    A Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Amendment Bill, 2023 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and State Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and Union Territory Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to the Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023. The Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 is to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 while, the Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 is to amend the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act 2017. The Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023  defines the expressions online gaming, online money gaming, and virtual digital assets. According to the provisions of the Bill, online gaming means the offering of a game on the internet or an electronic network and includes money gaming. The Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 amends the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 to exclude online money gaming from the definition of online information and data access or retrieval services.

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