Delta Corp Limited gets notice to pay tax liability of Rs. 11139.61 crore

Delta Corp Limited has received an intimation for payment of shortfall tax under Section 74(5) of the CGST Act, 2017 and Goa SGST Act, 2017, from the Directorate General of GST Intelligence, Hyderabad ("DG Notice"), earlier today.

The DG Notice advises the Company to pay an alleged tax liability of INR 1,11,39,61,03,423 (Rupees Eleven Thousand One Hundred and Thirty Nine Crore Sixty One Lakh Three Thousand Four Hundred and Twenty Three) along with interest and penalty for the period from July 2017 to March 2022 , failing which a show cause notice will be issued to the Company under Section 74(1) of the CGST Act, 2017 and Goa SGST Act, 2017.

The amount claimed in the DG Notice is inter alia based on the gross bet value of all games played at the casinos during the relevant period. Demand of GST on gross bet value, rather than gross gaming revenue, has been an industry issue and various representations have already been made to the Government at an industry level in relation to this issue.

The Company has been legally advised that the DG Notice and the tax demand is arbitrary and contrary to law, and the Company will pursue all legal remedies available to it to challenge such tax demand and related proceedings.

Shares of Delta Corp Limited was last trading in BSE at Rs. 175.25 as compared to the previous close of Rs. 175.30. The total number of shares traded during the day was 90615 in over 1658 trades.

The stock hit an intraday high of Rs. 176.90 and intraday low of 174.05. The net turnover during the day was Rs. 15894721.00.

Source : Equity Bulls

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