Tsunami benefit may be moved out of India in tax row
NEW DELHI: A one-day game planned for next month to raise funds for victims of the south Asian tsunami disaster will be moved from India unless it is granted tax exempt status, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday.
Calcutta’s Eden Gardens is likely to be the venue for the return match between a World team and an Asia XI in February. The first game held in Melbourne, Australia on January 10 helped raise over $11 million. “The game is most likely to be in Calcutta, but a decision (on tax exemption) has to be made by tomorrow,” ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said.
The game could be shifted to Lahore in Pakistan, Dhaka in Bangladesh or Colombo in Sri Lanka, he said. India’s finance ministry has yet to agree to a request for the proceeds of the match to be tax exempt made by the sports ministry and the Indian cricket board. reuter
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