Andalusia's tax agency published the definitive register of authorised gaming machines and collective tax assessments for type B and C machines for the second quarter of 2026. The payment period runs from 1 to 20 July 2026, and companies must consult and download the documents through the regional government's electronic office.
Affected companies must review their machine tax assessments and pay within the stated July period.
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The Community of Madrid’s 2027 budget proposal includes removing the tax on gaming machines in authorised venues, reportedly as part of regional tax cuts. The regional government forecasts €121 million in gaming-tax revenue, compared with €127 million budgeted for 2026; the budget document does not attribute the full decrease to the tax change.
The Community of Madrid's draft general budget for 2027 includes the removal of the tax on gaming machines in authorised establishments, according to the regional government's budget document. The measure is listed among the tax reductions set out by the regional government in the budget document. The document states that the aim is to ease operating costs for small and medium-sized commercial and hospitality businesses in the region, as part of a wider policy of regulatory simplification and tax cuts.
Extremadura’s Directorate General for Taxes approved the gaming machine tax register for the third quarter of 2026, the report said. The register lists 2,787 authorised units in Badajoz province; companies have ten working days to inspect it and submit claims.
Cantabria’s parliament approved a fiscal and administrative measures law updating gambling taxes and administrative charges. Operators may temporarily deactivate up to 15% of their authorised machines each year, provided they maintain net staffing; the tax charge on inactive machines falls by 90% during the period, subject to the law’s conditions.
The Valencian tax agency reported that receipts from type B and C gaming machines fell 8.7% in the first three months of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025. Bingo tax receipts decreased 19.3% over the same comparison, according to the reported figures.
Lawyer Generoso Bloise examined Italian gaming-machine tax assessments in analysis. His analysis describes a €3,000 daily flat-rate taxable base and cites court decisions allowing taxpayers to rebut presumed operating periods with documentary evidence. Bloise criticised the documentary hurdles taxpayers face when contesting assessments.
Lawyer Generoso Bloise examined Italian tax assessments on gaming machines in an analysis. The article, published in PressGiochi MAG, addresses the relationship between taxpayers and the tax authority in assessments concerning the single tax on gaming machines (PREU), and describes the evidential difficulties taxpayers face when contesting payment demands.