Dream11 shifts domicile from US to India

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Dream11 parent, Dream Sports Inc., has shifted its domicile from the US (United States) to India. The development comes months after introducing the fast track of a reverse merger. The board at Dream11 India, in January, passed a special resolution to approve the merger of Dream Sports Inc. with Sporta Technologies Private Limited under Section 233 of the Companies Act, 2013, its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies shows. All the shares of Dream Sports Inc. will be transferred to Sporta Technologies Private Limited (Dream11 India) under the amalgamation procedure. “Dream Sports is leveraging tech to unlock the massive potential of India’s sports ecosystem. We have completed a ‘ghar waapsi’ and are now an Indian domiciled business,” the company said in a statement. Last year, the amendment was introduced for a fast-track route under Section 233 of the Companies Act, 2013, which bypasses NCLT approval for certain cross-border mergers between a foreign holding company and its Indian subsidiary, subject to RBI approval. For context, the DGGI (The Director General of Goods and Services Tax) has issued Rs 1.12 lakh crore demand notices to Dream11 and other gaming companies by imposing a 28% tax on the full face value of player collections on a real gaming platform instead of an 18% tax on its revenue. After a certain number of pleas by the gaming companies, the Supreme Court of India granted a stay or temporary relief on the GST (Goods and Services Tax) show-cause notices issued to several online gaming companies. Dream11 has not filed its annual statements for FY24. During the fiscal year ended March 2023, the company recorded 66% year-on-year growth to Rs 6,384 crore, with profits standing at Rs 188 crore. With this, Dream11 has joined the likes of Zepto, Groww, and PhonePe, which have relocated their domicile to India. A bunch of companies, such as Flipkart, KreditBee, Pine Labs, Razorpay, and Meesho, have also been working on reverse flips.