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Colombia’s Petro calls for gambling tax increase to fund healthcare

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro called for higher taxes on gambling to support healthcare, after Congress rejected a budget proposal that included a gambling tax increase. Petro said he had instructed government agencies to prioritise dismantling tax-evasion networks and proposed taxing illegal gambling operations after formalising them.

A renewed tax proposal could change the fiscal treatment of gambling operators in Colombia.

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Merola proposes higher gambling tax to fund fuel support measures

Virginio Merola, a deputy of Italy's PD-IDP, proposed financing economic support measures in the fuel decree by raising taxes on gambling. Speaking during the parliamentary debate on 21 October, he said he shared the aims of an amendment by fellow deputy Sottanelli but favoured a different funding method.

Virginio Merola, a deputy of Italy's PD-IDP, proposed funding the economic support measures in the fuel decree by raising taxes on gambling. He made the proposal during the parliamentary debate on 21 October on the decree-law containing urgent provisions for economic support and for containing the effects of the continuing rise in fuel costs, as well as on tax matters.

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