Online Casinos Moving to Tazzy
The latest announcement from the Tasmanian government has prompted a huge stir
in the worldwide online casino gambling industry. The Tasmanian government
announced that this small Australian state is going to actively vie for a piece
of the international gambling industry by undercutting the tax regimes in nearly
every other licensing jurisdiction in the world. Taxes are a huge concern for
the international online casinos and each licensing jurisdiction has the right
to set their own tax levels and regulations. The Tasmanian government now
announced a plan to charge a rather affordable flat fee to all gambling
companies seeking a license rather than a year revenue-based taxation system.
This concept is quite revolutionary in the online casino gambling industry and
has yet to be done anywhere else in the world. Only a heartbeat after the
announcement that internet gambling companies would be charged a flat fee of
$250,000 some of the world’s largest brands announced they were going to
consider relocating to Tasmania. Although Tasmania is a small and relatively
unassuming island off the coast of South Australia, Tasmania’s new licensing
structure is going to cause a huge ripple throughout the worldwide industry.
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The fee is actually ridiculously low when you look at the long-term big picture
of the situation. Online casinos are paying as much as 13 percent and as little
as 1.5 percent to license and run their gambling companies out of other
licensing jurisdictions, the $250,000 one-time fee is comparatively quite low in
comparison to how much money companies spend across a decade in taxes.
Additionally, the new influx of online gambling businesses will create a
significant boost to the employment rate and opportunities. |