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Brazil’s TCU rejects challenge over betting firms’ ownership-data secrecy

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Brazil’s Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) unanimously rejected a challenge by the prosecutor’s office concerning alleged plans by the Finance Ministry to conceal ownership details in sports-betting authorisation files. The TCU said the challenge concerned a prospective announcement rather than a concrete administrative act, and also denied a request for interim relief.

The ruling leaves the proposed treatment of betting firms’ ownership information unresolved until a formal act is issued.

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Spain keeps 2027 tax modules for amusement machines at 2026 levels

Spain’s Ministry of Finance set 2027 tax modules for amusement machines in bars and other hospitality businesses through Order HAC/1161/2026, published on 5 November 2026. The order keeps the stated income-tax amounts per machine at 2026 levels and took effect the day after publication; businesses can opt out of the modules system for 2027 by 31 December 2026.

The Official State Gazette carried Order HAC/1161/2026 on Thursday 5 November; the order is dated 4 November and sets the personal income tax and simplified VAT modules for the coming year. Compared with 2026, the per-machine amounts for type A and type B are repeated exactly.

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