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Italy’s Chamber approves tax rules for gaming concessionaires and sponsorship costs

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Italy’s Chamber of Deputies approved a bill amending the Fuel Decree, with 162 votes in favour, 108 against and five abstentions. The measure classifies certain concessionaire communication spending as representation expenses and makes costs for specified prohibited sponsorships non-deductible; the bill now goes to the Senate, with conversion due by 25 September.

The proposed tax treatment affects gaming concessionaires’ communication spending and costs linked to prohibited sponsorships.

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Italy makes specified gambling sponsorship costs non-deductible under decree

Italy’s government decree-law 153, published on 26 August 2026 and effective from 27 August, changes tax treatment for gambling-related sponsorships and online gambling concessionaires. It disallows deductions for specified sponsorship costs and classifies certain concessionaire investments as representation expenses subject to the relevant limits, applying from tax periods after the one underway on 31 December 2025.

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