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whether vat will be charged on sale of lottery tickets or not & why

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VAT is not applicable on sale of lottery tickets. It is kept outside VAT , it will continue to be taxed under the sales tax Act or any other Act or even by making special provision under the VAT Act itself at uniform floor rates decided by the empowered committee.

Originally posted by : vinnzz

VAT is not applicable on sale of lottery tickets. It is kept outside VAT , it will continue to be taxed under the sales tax Act or any other Act or even by making special provision under the VAT Act itself at uniform floor rates decided by the empowered committee.

 

February, 19th 2009

The  Supreme  Court has held that lottery tickets are not goods and thus are not liable for sales tax.

Dismissing a couple of appeals by the Kerala government demanding sales tax on lottery tickets, a bench headed by Justice Arijit Pasayat said that lottery tickets are not goods attracting sales tax as they are a mere piece of paper and have no value by themselves.

According to it, a lottery ticket is nothing more than a token representing a right to a conditional benefit of winning a prize.

"A lottery ticket has no value in itself. It is a mere piece of paper. Its value lies in the fact that it represents a chance or a right to a conditional benefit of winning a prize . It is nothing more than a token or evidence of this right," the apex court observed.

The court said there can be no doubt that on purchasing a lottery ticket, the purchaser would have a claim to a conditional interest in the prize money which was not in his possession.

 

 

 

https://www.cainindia.org/news/2_2009/sc_exempts_lottery_tickets_from_sales_tax.html


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