{"id":8261,"date":"2012-04-23T08:47:25","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T08:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=8261"},"modified":"2012-04-23T08:47:25","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T08:47:25","slug":"millions-owed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/millions-owed\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions owed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/archives\/6897\/cash\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6916\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6916\" title=\"cash\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/cash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a>IT has been reported that Belgium\u2019s special inspectorate for taxation (l\u2019Inspection sp\u00e9ciale des imp\u00f4ts) has demanded tens of millions of euros from the Belgian media. The demands stem from alleged unpaid gambling taxes, according to Francis Adyns, a spokesman from the country\u2019s finance ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Combined with a five which equates to five times the amount, the taxes go back to 2009 and 2010. The payment is expected to amount to tens of millions of euros.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s large media groups will have to pay tax on television gambling games, which have been dubbed as \u201cmedia games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lowtax.net reports: \u201cFollowing close inspection of the various programmes, the inspectorate concluded that these games, based on chance (lottery), fall within the scope of Belgian law on gambling. This legislation provides for a 15% rate of tax to be imposed on gambling games in Flanders and Brussels, and for a rate of 11% to be levied in Wallonia.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT has been reported that Belgium\u2019s special inspectorate for taxation (l\u2019Inspection sp\u00e9ciale des imp\u00f4ts) has demanded tens of millions of euros from the Belgian media. 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