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Find out which online gambling free games and bonuses you offer are liable to tax, and how to calculate your liability.
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
These principles clarify the CMA’s view of the online and app-based games industry’s obligations under consumer protection law.
Resources and training to learn English.
Find out about Machine Games Duty, how the duty is charged and who has to pay.
Guidance and forms covering gambling duties. Including, Bingo, Gaming, Lottery and Machine Games Duty, general betting duty and payments.
The CMA has prevented Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Activision over concerns the deal would alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market, leading to reduced innovation and less choice for UK gamers over the years to come.
Machine Games Duty (MGD): what you pay it on, how to register, filing your return and changing your details.
A consultation on draft legislation to align taxation of free gaming in Remote Gaming Duty with that of free bets in General Betting Duty.
An update from the government on industry-led measures to improve player protections with regards to loot boxes in video games.
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.
The government's role in accreditation for the 2012 Games by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Find out the basic rules of VAT, how they apply to clubs and associations, and how to treat VAT on subscriptions and other payments.
Find out if you qualify for Video Games Tax Relief for Corporation Tax and what you can claim.
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