Gambling company’s £4.9m tax claim rejected

The tax tribunal has rejected an online gaming company's appeal for a £4.9m refund on a remote gaming duty (RGD) overpayment but ruled that ‘freeplays’ offered by the company can be used for claiming the relief

The First Tier Tribunal (FTT) has dismissed the appeal from Broadway Gaming Limited against HMRC’s decision to refuse Broadway’s claim for repayment of remote gaming duty worth £4.9m as the application for the claimed lacked sufficient evidence of expenditure.

However, the tribunal ruled in favour of Broadway in their argument that freeplays awarded to customers as prizes can be classed as expenditure for the purposes of calculating profit when claiming remote gaming duty.

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