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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
Find out about Machine Games Duty, how the duty is charged and who has to pay.
Find out which online gambling free games and bonuses you offer are liable to tax, and how to calculate your liability.
Register for Gaming Duty using the online service or the postal form (GD56).
Register your partnership details when you apply to be included on the Gaming Duty Register using form GD57.
Send HM Revenue and Customs details of Machine Games Duty partners using form MGD2.
Tell HMRC about premises you want to include in, or remove from your entry on the Gaming Duty Register using form GD58.
Tell HM Revenue and Customs about a business you want to register for Machine Games Duty using form MGD1.
A best-practice supporting tool for research into video games.
The CMA is carrying out a market investigation in respect of the supply of mobile browsers and browser engines, and the distribution of cloud gaming services through app stores on mobile devices in the UK.
More than £3 million of government funding has been awarded to emerging video game developers and start-up studios to help them scale their businesses and create the next British gaming hits.
Guidance on how to carry out checks where dutiable machine games are on the premises.
The final report following the delivery of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games providing an update on its delivery.
Decision for applicant Games Global Operations Limited against registration number OE010012, applicant successful.
The Board was responsible for regulating arcades, betting, bingo, casinos, slot machines and lotteries. It was replaced by the Gambling Commission in 2007.
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Machine Games Duty (MGD) online service.
A 60-second summary on how to make sure you're in charge of the additional features your child can buy in app-based and online games.
Product recall of unbranded 620-in-1 classic mini games console entertainment system presenting a serious risk of electric shock and fire.
Opportunity to license Dstl technology: game that can be used to help improve cyber resilience.
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