Net winnings and updated return verification determine tax treatment of online gaming gains and duplicate disallowances.

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

....Online gaming receipts were held to be taxable only on net winnings, not on a gross figure isolated from the gaming platform data; where BuyIn exceeded winnings, the result was a loss and the addition under section 115BB could not stand. The disallowance of Chapter VI-A deductions and house property interest was not finally decided because the assessee produced an updated return statement and challans for the first time before the Tribunal; the matter required factual verification, and the addition was to be deleted if tax had already been paid on the same amount.....