More than 650 offshore gaming companies evade GST: Report

NEW DELHI: The GST department has identified 658 offshore online gaming companies as non- registered/non-compliant and has initiated investigation against the same. As many 167 URL/websites have been recommended for blocking.

The investigation wing of the GST department – Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) – in its annual report has revealed that real money online gaming companies are the biggest tax evaders with Rs 82,000 crore evasion detected in FY24, which is 41% of the total Rs 2 lakh crore evasion detected during the year.