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Brazilian Federal Revenue prioritises betting firms for 2025 audits

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Brazil’s Federal Revenue has made fixed-odds betting companies a priority for this year’s tax inspections, alongside digital-platform transactions and the use of tax losses. The agency said it aims to check that betting firms comply with the regulated market and will also inspect companies operating outside the law; a joint working group with the Ministry of Finance’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting is developing measures for sector compliance.

Betting firms face targeted checks on compliance with Brazil’s regulated market and action against operators outside the law.

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Brazil betting ban could cut R$18bn from legal beneficiaries by 2029

Brazil's ban on fixed-odds betting could remove up to R$18bn in transfers to the legal beneficiaries defined by Law 14.790/2023 by the end of the five-year authorisations in 2029. The GGR contribution raised R$6.64bn over 17 months of the regulated market, and the loss is projected at R$16bn, or R$18bn with the rates already approved for 2027 and 2028. The SPA/MF figures cover net collections from January 2024 to June 2026 and transfers from February 2025 to June 2026.

Brazil's ban on fixed-odds betting could remove up to R$18bn in transfers to the legal beneficiaries defined by Law 14.790/2023 by the end of the five-year authorisations in 2029, according to figures obtained from the Treasury via freedom-of-information request and. The measure interrupting the flow is Provisional Measure (MP) No. 1.394/2026, published on 25 September.

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