State to decide tax on lottery, not center: Supreme Court | India News – The Times of India

New Delhi: Rejecting Center’s appeal against A Sikkim High Court Decision, Supreme Court of India On Tuesday said that Lottery distributor Are not responsible to pay service tax till Union government,
“Since there is no agency in the relationship, the respondents (lottery distributors) were not liable to pay service tax. However, the respondents will continue to pay the payment to gamble The state was deployed by the state under the list of Constitution, “Justice Nagrathana said while chanting the verdict.
“There is no service tax on transactions between lottery tickets and firm’s buyers. The bench in which Justice BV Nagarthana and NK Singh said.
The apex court confirmed the Sikkim High Court verdict and said that Taxation on lottery Especially falls under State jurisdictionNo Central Authority. The claim of the center of its right to impose service tax was rejected.
The court confirmed that the High Court classified the correctly classified lottery under “betting and gambling” in entry 62 of the state list of the Constitution, which establishes special rights for state taxes.
The case arose from the Center’s 2013 appeal against the High Court’s decision, which was given in response to a petition. Future Gaming Solutions Private Limited,