• Σχόλιο του χρήστη 'Paddy Power Betfair' | 5 Οκτωβρίου 2018, 11:06

    Whilst we acknowledge that the Ministry appears to have restructured the customer winnings tax so that it is now levied on withdrawals rather than on a per transaction basis – which makes the tax more manageable from an operator perspective – we are still firmly of the view that betting taxes should be entirely based on operators’ GGR. As such, we would recommend that the Greek Government removes the provision relating to customer winnings withholding tax entirely as online gamblers tend to be very price sensitive and will turn away from the regulated offer if they have to pay an additional tax when withdrawing their winnings. Furthermore, the proposed provision sets out a discriminatory treatment between OPAP’s customers and those of other licensees to the detriment of the latter. We are of the view that such a treatment would raise strong concerns with respect to EU state-aid rules, which provide that products and persons that are factually and legally placed in a comparable situation must be treated the same for the purpose of taxation.