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Os jogadores online de Portugal pedem ao governo para repensar as taxas de imposto da indústria, uma vez que uma empresa revela que o governo reivindica dois terços de sua receita. Na segunda-feira, a Associação Nacional de Jogadores Online (ANAon) de Portugal anunciou que apresentaria ao parlamento uma petição...
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Sorte dos portugueses engorda receitas do Estado: nos primeiros quatro meses de 2017 o imposto rendeu 87,8 milhões de euros. Há três anos consecutivos que a receita gerada pelo imposto sobre o jogo regista um salto brusco em abril. Este ano, a subida face ao mês anterior foi, nada...
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Desde que Portugal aprovou a sua lei de jogos online há dois anos, o organismo responsável pela atividade, o SRIJ, recebeu 19 pedidos e concedeu apenas 6 licenças. De acordo com a Remote Gambling Association (RGA), os altos impostos tornam o mercado ‘pouco atraente’ para os investidores. O organismo...
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Tratando-se de um imposto recente, “não existe um histórico que permita estimar, com segurança, a receita a arrecadar em 2017”, diz o Ministério do Trabalho. A Segurança Social encaixou até agora cerca de 2,6 milhões de euros com o jogo online. Este valor é dirigido ao financiamento da ação...
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Casas de apostas na Internet pediram ao governo que reveja as taxas aplicadas aos valores das apostas. Segundo a RGA, a lei atual não chega para captar jogadores. A Remote Gambling Association (RGA) aproveitou o segundo aniversário da legislação do Jogo Online em Portugal para solicitar ao Governo uma...
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Australia’s federal government wants to harmonize state-level online sports betting point-of-consumption taxes (POCT), potentially dealing a blow to the Northern Territory’s status as the country’s premier online licensing jurisdiction. On Friday, Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison (pictured) held a meeting with his state and territory counterparts to discuss the upcoming...
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Britain and Gibraltar count as one EU state in terms of a key aspect of the single market, a senior EU lawyer has said in an opinion that could affect the territory’s life after Brexit. The lawyer rebuffed a challenge by Gibraltar’s huge electronic gambling industry, the mainstay of...
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New Jersey’s cash-strapped coastal gambling hub of Atlantic City will submit an updated fiscal recovery plan to the state, local officials said on Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour bid to hold off a takeover of city government. Trenton rejected the city’s five-year plan on Tuesday, questioning the viability of a...
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As one of the first British dependent territories to develop tax-exempt corporate forms, Gibraltar has a long history as an offshore financial centre, with the focus initially on the traditional forms of offshore business like company incorporation, banking, investment holding, shipping and trust management. The arrival of the internet...
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THE UK RACING LEVY SCHEME HAS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF NATIONAL PRESS ONCE MORE, AS UK SPORTS MINISTER TRACEY CROUCH INFORMED INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORTS WILL IMPOSE A 10% GROSS PROFIT CHARGE ON ALL RACING WAGERS REGARDLESS IF PLACED ONLINE OR AT A RETAIL...
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Sweden’s plans to liberalize its online gambling market would best be served by imposing a revenue tax rate of between 15% and 20%, according to a new industry-funded report. In a report prepared by Copenhagen Economics, the authors note that the Swedish government has tasked a special investigator with...
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The French regulator ARJEL released its annual report for 2015/2016 last week. Online sports betting is on a relentless rise, but even so, French taxes make it extremely difficult to make a profit. A pdf file of the report in French can be found here. In 2015, ARJEL reported...
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Cross-border purchases by New Zealand residents of certain electronically supplied services became subject to goods and services tax (GST) on October 1, 2016. Non-resident businesses may need to register for New Zealand GST and charge GST on their supplies to New Zealand resident customers if they supply online gaming,...
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The Australian Wagering Council (AWC) has warned that punters will “bear the brunt” of South Australia’s proposed new 15 percent place of consumption tax on betting companies. The South Australian Government has announced plans to introduce a levy on the net wagering revenue (NWR) of betting companies offering services...
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The Remote Gambling Bill, intended to open up the Dutch gambling market to foreign remote gambling firms, would impose a 29 percent tax on gross gaming revenue, the same rate already imposed on land-based gambling operators. Under a previous version of the bill, the online gambling tax was set...
Os jogadores online de Portugal pedem ao governo para repensar as taxas de imposto da indústria, uma vez que uma empresa revela que o governo reivindica dois terços de sua receita. Na segunda-feira, a Associação Nacional de Jogadores Online (ANAon) de Portugal anunciou que apresentaria ao parlamento uma petição...
Sorte dos portugueses engorda receitas do Estado: nos primeiros quatro meses de 2017 o imposto rendeu 87,8 milhões de euros. Há três anos consecutivos que a receita gerada pelo imposto sobre o jogo regista um salto brusco em abril. Este ano, a subida face ao mês anterior foi, nada...
Australia’s federal government wants to harmonize state-level online sports betting point-of-consumption taxes (POCT), potentially dealing a blow to the Northern Territory’s status as the country’s premier online licensing jurisdiction. On Friday, Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison (pictured) held a meeting with his state and territory counterparts to discuss the upcoming...
Britain and Gibraltar count as one EU state in terms of a key aspect of the single market, a senior EU lawyer has said in an opinion that could affect the territory’s life after Brexit. The lawyer rebuffed a challenge by Gibraltar’s huge electronic gambling industry, the mainstay of...
New Jersey’s cash-strapped coastal gambling hub of Atlantic City will submit an updated fiscal recovery plan to the state, local officials said on Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour bid to hold off a takeover of city government. Trenton rejected the city’s five-year plan on Tuesday, questioning the viability of a...
As one of the first British dependent territories to develop tax-exempt corporate forms, Gibraltar has a long history as an offshore financial centre, with the focus initially on the traditional forms of offshore business like company incorporation, banking, investment holding, shipping and trust management. The arrival of the internet...
Sweden’s plans to liberalize its online gambling market would best be served by imposing a revenue tax rate of between 15% and 20%, according to a new industry-funded report. In a report prepared by Copenhagen Economics, the authors note that the Swedish government has tasked a special investigator with...
The French regulator ARJEL released its annual report for 2015/2016 last week. Online sports betting is on a relentless rise, but even so, French taxes make it extremely difficult to make a profit. A pdf file of the report in French can be found here. In 2015, ARJEL reported...
Cross-border purchases by New Zealand residents of certain electronically supplied services became subject to goods and services tax (GST) on October 1, 2016. Non-resident businesses may need to register for New Zealand GST and charge GST on their supplies to New Zealand resident customers if they supply online gaming,...
The Remote Gambling Bill, intended to open up the Dutch gambling market to foreign remote gambling firms, would impose a 29 percent tax on gross gaming revenue, the same rate already imposed on land-based gambling operators. Under a previous version of the bill, the online gambling tax was set...
