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Italian appeal court ends company’s joint liability after gaming-violation subject dies

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An Italian Court of Appeal ruled that the death of a person accused of an administrative violation involving a gaming machine also extinguished the company’s joint payment obligation, according to a report. The dispute followed a 2020 inspection of an AWP machine and an appeal by Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM); the court declared the case moot.

The ruling affects whether gaming companies remain liable for administrative penalties after an alleged offender dies.

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Sicily tax court bars association representative’s personal appeal over 2016 gaming assessment

The Court of Justice of Taxation of Sicily’s second instance ruled in a dispute over an ADM assessment concerning games and lotteries for 2016. The assessment, worth about €50,000, was issued against an association; the court found that its legal representative had no personal interest in appealing because no tax claim had been made against him. The ruling did not address the substance of the tax dispute.

The Court of Justice of Taxation of Sicily, sitting at second instance, ruled that the legal representative of an association had no interest in appealing in his own name against an assessment issued by the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM). The dispute concerned an ADM assessment on games and lotteries for 2016.

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