Argentine deputy proposes redirecting online gambling tax funds to IACOP
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In brief
- Deputy Victoria Tolosa Paz proposed redirecting AR$5,330m of online gambling tax revenue to the IACOP plan.
- A quarter of the resources would be reserved for children and adolescents.
- She said the tax raised AR$106,000m between January and August 2026.
- A joint committee opinion is targeted for 12 November.
Argentine deputy Victoria Tolosa Paz proposed directing online gambling tax revenue to the Plan Integral para el Abordaje de los Consumos Problemáticos (IACOP) to fund prevention and treatment actions. The proposal provides for a quarter of those resources to go specifically to children and adolescents.
Tolosa Paz made the proposal on 4 November at the fourth joint information meeting of two committees of the Chamber of Deputies, those on Addiction Prevention and Drug Trafficking Control and on Families, Children and Youth. She said the funds correspond to 5% of online gambling tax revenue that had been earmarked for ARSAT and that, in her words as reported, showed no budget execution. According to the deputy's own publication, the online gambling tax raised AR$106,000m between January and August 2026. On that basis, she proposed redirecting AR$5,330m, the amount corresponding to that percentage, to the IACOP plan. The proposal would not create a new tax or change the revenue-sharing arrangements.
Deputy Horacio Pietragalla Corti separately proposed a 1% contribution from sectors linked to problematic consumption, including online betting, alcoholic and energy drinks, and tobacco. He raised it at the same meeting, which analysed a bill on problematic consumption among children and adolescents.
At the close of the meeting, Tolosa Paz said the committees would seek a joint opinion with the Budget and Finance committee on Thursday 12 November, intending to bring the project to the floor before the end of the year.