Catalonia's Directorate-General for Tax and Gaming recorded Encarnación Vega Guardia's departure on retirement from her role overseeing enforcement proceedings, according to the headline. The available text provides no further details.
The departure changes the named official responsible for enforcement proceedings in Catalonia's tax and gaming directorate.
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It was reported that Catalonia’s gaming tax assessments reached EUR63.98m in Q1 2026, increasing 1.2%. Net cash collection declined 0.4% to EUR61.42m.
Catalonia reported €11.12m in online gambling tax revenue for the first quarter of 2026, up 17.7% year on year. Total gambling tax receipts reached €63.98m, while net collections fell 0.4% to €61.42m as most land-based categories declined.
Catalonia’s tax agency detected €6.2m in fraud involving gambling taxes during 2025, according to a report on its enforcement results. The agency conducted 317 checks in the sector; the detected amount averaged €19,517.9 per action, the highest across the tax categories it examined.
Catalonia’s government assigned its Directorate-General for Taxes and Gambling responsibility for preparing the tax-benefit report accompanying the region’s 2027 budget, according to a report on 20 July 2026. The report will quantify the fiscal impact of exemptions, reductions and other tax benefits within the directorate’s remit; the order does not directly change gambling regulation.
An item reported priority criteria concerning gambling taxation in Catalonia, with publication in the official gazette indicated in its feed snippet. The supplied page text contains no details of the criteria.