In 2013, the European Court of Justice was questioned by the Tax Court of Rome with a reference for a preliminary ruling in the national dispute opposing the Italian tax Authority to Mr. Cristiano Blanco and Mr. Pier Paolo Fabretti, accused of failing to declare various winnings obtained in casinos abroad. The question was about … Read more
The Italian Government has introduced before the Parliament the Budget Bill for 2015, providing for 1 billion Euros coming from the land based gambling sector. Should the current bill be confirmed as it is, the AWP and VLT characterizing the major land based gambling offer in Italy would face an increase of 4% each of … Read more
In the European Court case 344/13, the Court will decide whether different taxation for gambling winnings of an Italian resident player obtained in another State member is allowed under the European regulations.
Following the recent enforcement of the Fiscal delegation bill (Delega Fiscale), the long-awaited reform for the gambling sector can finally start with the nomination of Legnini as undersecretary at the Finance Ministry and responsible for the gambling sector. Legnini today’s post seems to confirm the Government will to match with the twelve months period to … Read more
This article had been published in Italian on LexGiochi on December 3rd, 2013. See the full article in Italian here: https://www.egla.eu/w/portfolio-view/storia-ed-attualita-del-gioco-a-distanza-italiano/#sthash.YCDREODg.dpbs 4. The trend in remote gambling and the current situation Spending on legal remote gambling amounted to € 310 million in 2008 and grew to € 608 million in 2009 following the introduction of … Read more
This article had been published in Italian on LexGiochi on December 3rd, 2013. See the full article in Italian here: https://www.egla.eu/w/portfolio-view/storia-ed-attualita-del-gioco-a-distanza-italiano/#sthash.KifwfDbO.dpbs 3. The parameter for the measurement of gaming trends The amount of money consumers collectively spend on gambling and that, consequently, is taken from other expenditures, is equal to the difference between the amount … Read more
This article had been published in Italian on LexGiochi on December 3rd, 2013. See the full article in Italian here: https://www.egla.eu/w/portfolio-view/storia-ed-attualita-del-gioco-a-distanza-italiano/#sthash.TUprS4vU.dpbs 1. The range of legal remote games The first foretaste of Italian remote gambling dates back to the early 2000s, following the legalisation of horse betting and sportsbook, even then allowed for telephone and … Read more
The Fiscal Delegation law so called “Delega Fiscale” has been finally voted on the 4th of March by the Italian Parliament and published today in the Official Journal. It is aimed to empower the Government to legislate on several matters, gambling regulation and taxation among others under art. 14 of the law. The general scope … Read more
According to the Italian Supreme Court, it is not possible to ascertain the existence of a fiscal domicile in Italy for those EU/EEA based companies operating remotely in Italy through online platforms – such as gambling ones, even though there is an Italy-granted license and the offer is aimed for the national market. Therefore, … Read more
In my previous post (The tangle of the “una tantum” on gambling) I said Minister Delrio at first nourished and later deluded the hope of the mayors to avoid to charge to citizens the so called mini-IMU tax. Now he has adopted the proposal of his PD party colleague senator Bobba, that says: “let us … Read more