A tax court in Trapani ruled that betting centres affiliated with Stanleybet Malta Limited are exempt from Italy’s single betting tax for years after 2016. The decision concerns the tax liability of the company’s affiliated centres; further details were not included in the available text.
The ruling affects the tax treatment of Stanleybet Malta’s affiliated betting centres in Italy.
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Sicily’s second-instance tax court upheld an appeal by a company based in Alcamo and cancelled an ADM assessment for single betting tax, reportedly worth hundreds of thousands of euros. The ruling overturned the first-instance judgment and followed a final criminal acquittal of the accused on illegal betting-collection charges; the report describes the case’s application of rules linking criminal acquittals to tax proceedings.
Sicily's second-instance tax court upheld an appeal by a company based in Alcamo, according to Kogem. The court fully cancelled an assessment issued by ADM on single betting tax. The amount involved was hundreds of thousands of euros. The decision reversed the first-instance judgment.
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.
Rome’s regional tax appeals court allowed an appeal on 4 November 2025 concerning the single tax on betting, citing the taxpayer’s criminal acquittal, according to the account of the ruling. The report discusses how a Constitutional Court judgment on the effect of criminal acquittals in tax cases leaves exceptions, including certain statutory tax presumptions and acquittals that do not establish the facts did not occur.
Sicily’s second-instance tax court accepted an appeal and annulled an Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency assessment for single betting tax against a company operating in Alcamo. The assessment was for several hundred thousand euros, and the ruling reversed the first-instance judgment. The dispute followed a final criminal acquittal of the claimant on an allegation of unauthorised betting collection.
Sicily's second-instance tax court has upheld an appeal brought by Palermo lawyer Valentina Castellucci. The court fully annulled an Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency assessment for single betting tax, issued against a company operating in Alcamo and worth several hundred thousand euros. The decision reverses the first-instance judgment.
A second-instance tax court in Italy upheld tax assessments against a company and its two partners over three computers used by customers to access online betting sites. The court confirmed the 2016 assessments after inspectors distinguished the three betting terminals from other internet computers. The judges found the inspection went beyond noting internet access and that one taxpayer acknowledged the terminals were provided for gambling.
A second-instance tax court in Italy upheld income tax assessments against a company and its two partners over three computers that customers used to access online betting sites. The court rejected the appeal of the two taxpayers and confirmed the assessments for 2016, according to the report.