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Italian Senate sets 21 September deadline for gaming-tax decree amendments

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Italy’s Senate Finance and Treasury Commission set 14:00 on 21 September as the deadline for amendments and motions on a bill converting an excise-tax decree, according to the report. The text describes tax treatment for certain responsible-gambling communications and says costs for prohibited gambling sponsorships would not be deductible for IRES or IRAP purposes; the rules apply from tax year 2026 for calendar-year taxpayers.

The proposed tax treatment affects how public gambling concessionaires account for communications and prohibited sponsorship costs.

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Italy’s Senate approves excise decree with gaming sponsorship tax rules

Italy’s Senate gave final approval to a bill converting the excise decree into law, according to the report. It retains rules treating specified responsible-gambling communications by public gaming concessionaires as representation expenses and bars tax deductions for spending on prohibited gambling sponsorships, applying from the tax period after the one ending on 31 December 2025. Proposed extensions covering affiliate marketing, influencers and bonuses were rejected.

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