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Machine Games Duty (MGD): what you pay it on, how to register, filing your return and changing your details.
You may have to pay Machine Games Duty (MGD) if you have machines that…
Register for Machine Games Duty (MGD) at least 14 days before you make…
You pay Machine Games Duty (MGD) on the total net takings from your…
You must file a Machine Games Duty (MGD) return every 3 months. Your…
Sign in to the Machine Games Duty (MGD) service to: update your personal…
An update from the government on industry-led measures to improve player protections with regards to loot boxes in video games.
Find out if you qualify for Video Games Tax Relief for Corporation Tax and what you can claim.
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.
Find out about Machine Games Duty, how the duty is charged and who has to pay.
A best-practice supporting tool for research into video games.
Find out if you qualify for Video Games Expenditure Credits for Corporation Tax and what you can claim.
Product Recall for IKEA BLÅVINGAD fishing game, multicolour presenting a risk of choking.
Find out if you should pay Gaming Duty, how to register and how to pay.
Find out about Gaming Duty, how the duty is charged and who has to pay.
Creative developers and start-up studios can bid for new cash from a multi-million pound government funded scheme to turn their new video game ideas into market leaders - and potentially score a hit such as Grand Theft Auto or Tomb...
Find out if your creative industry company qualifies for Corporation Tax Relief and how to make a claim.
Find out about the Machine Games Duty for Agents online service and how to register.
Apply to HMRC for group treatment for Machine Games Duty using form MGD3.
Appoint someone in the UK to act as your Machine Games Duty overseas representative using form MGD4.
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