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Bergamo tax court rules Stanleybet betting data centres owe no tax from 2016

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The Bergamo Tax Court of Justice ruled that data transmission centres working for Stanleybet do not owe Italy’s single betting tax from 2016. The court held that the foreign bookmaker is the taxable party under the 2015 law and said the tax should be calculated at 18% of land-based betting stakes minus winnings paid; ADM had used a flat-rate assessment method.

The ruling affects tax liabilities and assessment methods for Stanleybet’s Italian betting data centres.

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