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Colombia’s Constitutional Court suspends emergency decree and gambling tax

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Colombia’s Constitutional Court provisionally suspended the economic and social emergency decree signed by President Gustavo Petro, pending a final decision on its merits. The decree included a 19% VAT on online games of chance, calculated on gross gaming revenue; the Court said the relevant decrees, including the gambling measure, will have no legal effect during the suspension.

Operators are temporarily not subject to the decree’s 19% online gambling VAT while the Court reviews its constitutionality.

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