ICC is free to take global events out of India for tax exemption, says BCCI official
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A senior BCCI official has warned the ICC by saying that the BCCI will take its revenue out of the world body if the global body takes the T20 and ODI World Cups out of India for tax exemption. The ICC has asked the Indian board to bear the tax of around Rs 150 crore for the upcoming global events.
There has been a lot of discussion between the ICC and BCCI officials regarding tax exemptions over theĀ last few years. In the recent ICC quarterly meeting in Dubai, the world body had asked the BCCI to get tax exemption from the Indian government to host ICC tournaments like World T20 in 2021 and ODI World Cup in 2023. The ICC had also made it clear to the BCCI that if the board fails to get the exemption from the government, then it will have the bear the liability.
However, a BCCI official has now come out to say that the ICC is free to move the tournament out of India if they want to take it like that as tax exemption needs government approval.
"We will abide by what the Tax Department and the Ministry
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Another BCCI official has said that BCCI should not agree to the conditions of the ICC and the world body cannot hurt Indiaās interest.Ā
āIt was found earlier that the ICC had a different contract with different member boards. For example, Cricket Australia was only required to make best endeavours to get tax exemption while the BCCI was required to ensure tax exemption. See, this is a result of a situation where the present BCCI is found wanting. The CoA bigwig wants to show that he is in control of things and whenever that happens, the democratic functioning of an organisation is the first casualty,ā said another BCCI official.Ā
"There is no way that the BCCI should agree to this. The ICC cannot,Ā on the one hand, say that they aim to have an inclusive approach and on the other hand look at every possible opportunity to hurt India's interest.ā
