Tag Archives: Court of appeal

National Lottery transfer in jeopardy as UKGC’s enabling agreement is revoked

SBC News National Lottery transfer in jeopardy as UKGC's enabling agreement is revoked

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has had its ‘enabling agreement’ reversed by the Court of Appeal – a decision that will severely impact the transfer of National Lottery duties and technical arrangements to Allwyn UK On 29 June, the High Court of England and Wales granted an enabling agreement to the Commission, which allowed the regulator to transfer National Lottery …

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HMRC to appeal Sportech’s £97m VAT Spot the Ball refund

SBC News HMRC to appeal Sportech's £97m VAT Spot the Ball refund

The legal to-ing and fro-ing between Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs and Sportech over the gambling operator’s overpaid tax claim, worth £97m, is set to continue after HMRC announced it is to appeal the latest decision. The appeal is just the latest installment in the long running attempt by Sportech to reclaim tax the company says it erroneously paid on its Spot the Ball product between 1979 …

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