betting tax

Budget will close Independent bookmakers across Ireland

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Today’s announcement that the betting tax has doubled has just signed P45s for over 1500 jobs in the independent bookmaking sector, the majority in rural areas. It is the final blow for a sector of the industry that had already been in steep decline. Only 200 Independent shops survived the recession, with 450 closed over […]

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Effective betting tax rate in Ireland

The misleading headline of ‘Lowest betting tax rate in the world’ has been used heavily in the lead up to this years budget. It is deliberately misrepresentative of the penal tax paid by Irish bookmakers for many years. The Irish betting shop model is entirely different from anywhere else in the world. We have prepared