TaxesManila Casino
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Pagcor appeals to BIR to soften stance on taxes (5/19/2013)
(Philippines) -- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) is appealing to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to soften its stance on the taxes slapped on...
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Philippines can ‘do right thing’ over 30 pct levy: Lawrence Ho (5/10/2013)
(Philippines) -- Income tax issue could be ‘neutralised’ by a reduction of payments to local regulator, says Melco Crown boss
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Philippines can ‘do right thing’ over 30 pct levy: Lawrence Ho (5/9/2013)
(Macau) -- Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd’s co-chairman Lawrence Ho Yau Lung said this week he is “hopeful” that the Philippine government “will...
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Tax blow for Philippines (5/2/2013)
(Philippines) -- In the Philippines, Manila’s attempt to challenge the casinos of Macau and Singapore has been hit by a ruling that the country’s casino...
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Gaming stocks battered due to BIR ruling (4/29/2013)
(Philippines) -- Gaming stocks were battered yesterday on the back of knee-jerk reactions from an operational problem in one of newest and major casino operators in the...
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PH attracts casino investors with lower taxes (4/6/2013)
(Philippines) -- The Philippines' gaming tax rate has been effective in bringing in high-end casino investments into the country. This is according to officials from...
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Vikings Stadium
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Smokers may help fund Vikings stadium construction (5/16/2013)
(Minnesota) -- Minnesota legislative tax negotiators tentatively approved a plan today to use cigarette tax increase funds and close corporate tax loopholes to provide...
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Sports memorabilia tax won’t pay for Vikings stadium (5/14/2013)
(Minnesota) -- It sounds like sports fans will not be paying a new tax on pro jerseys, posters and trading cards to help pay for new Minnesota Vikings stadium.
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Wynn Resorts
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Wynn reiterates: Nevada casinos 'in ill health' (5/14/2013)
(Nevada) -- Wynn Resorts Ltd. Chairman Steve Wynn defended his recent remarks to Nevada lawmakers on the health of the gaming industry while voicing support for a broad-...
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Delaware Gaming
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Online Gains No Substitute For Tax Relief, Say Delaware Casinos [sub. req'd] (5/13/2013)
(Delaware) -- Delaware’s status as an online gambling pioneer will not be enough to pull its casinos out of the red amid increasingly fierce regional competition,...
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Mining & Drilling
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Tribe: Oil tax changes not enough (5/7/2013)
(North Dakota) -- A new tribal oil tax agreement is a “huge improvement” but still contains bad language that doesn’t recognize tribal sovereignty,...
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No agreement yet on oil extraction tax (4/19/2013)
(North Dakota) -- Conference committee members are expecting to continue work on an oil extraction tax bill after failing to come to a final agreement during two Friday...
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Oil industry wants change to ND tribal oil taxes (4/10/2013)
(North Dakota) -- North Dakota's oil industry is endorsing a change to a revenue sharing agreement that the state has had with the Three Affiliated Tribes since 2008.
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ND, tribal leaders work on oil tax agreement (4/6/2013)
(North Dakota) -- Oil drilling on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota could be in danger if state legislators and tribal leaders can’t reach an agreement...
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Pennsylvania Revenue
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Property tax relief from slot revenue declines in Bucks County (5/2/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Most area homeowners will receive less relief in their property tax bill than a year ago as revenue from Pennsylvania's 11 casinos with slot...
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New Jersey Online
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NJ Online Gambling Taxes Just $40m For First Year? (4/29/2013)
(New Jersey) -- NJ Online Gambling Taxes Just $40m For First Year?Originally, the New Jersey state treasury estimated online gambling would be worth $1.2 billion in...
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Oneida Nation
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OP/ED: Oneida Nation doesn't share the sacrifices of state and local taxpayers (4/21/2013)
(New York) -- To the Editor: I am not a foe of the Oneida Nation -- I am glad that they are prospering. I have friends who work for the Oneidas, and I am glad that they...
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West Virginia Gaming
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Bill to lower casino fees appears dead (4/5/2013)
(West Virginia) -- A bill to lower the fees on West Virginia's racetrack casinos has stalled in a House committee. The bill would have lowered the fees by $1 million...
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Casino Fee Bill Faces Opposition (4/5/2013)
(West Virginia) -- Delegate Erikka Storch knows how important Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack is to the local economy, but she also knows many of her fellow...
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Casino Fee Bill Off The Table (4/5/2013)
(West Virginia) -- The House of Delegates Judiciary Committee removed the bill to reduce annual table gambling fees by $1 million from its agenda Friday, but local...
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House won't support Senate casino bills (4/5/2013)
(West Virginia) -- Pendleton County won’t be getting a casino at a resort planned to be developed there and the casinos that are already here won’t be...
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New W.Va. casino on track; casino fee bill dies (4/5/2013)
(West Virginia) -- A West Virginia House committee approved the construction of the state's sixth casino but also declined to consider a Senate bill that would lower...
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Senate bill to reduce WV casino fees appears dead (4/5/2013)
(West Virginia) -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Tim Miley, D-Harrison, said he removed Senate Bill 615 from the committee's April 5 meeting agenda because he...
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Gaming industry pushes for cut in table game fees (4/2/2013)
(West Virginia) -- A bill to reduce table game licensing fees at state racetracks received another major overhaul in the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, after the...
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W.Va. Senate moves to lower table game fees on profitable casinos (4/2/2013)
(West Virginia) -- As West Virginia casino revenues decline, the state Senate has endorsed giving them a one-time break in fees that would amount to a $4 million annual...
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Gambling bill backed on first reading (4/1/2013)
(West Virginia) -- A bill to lower table gambling license fees for West Virginia racetracks had its first of three required readings in the state Senate Friday before it...
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Table games licensing fee cut stuck (4/1/2013)
(West Virginia) -- Senate Finance Committee members addressed two bills dealing with casino gambling Monday -- but not a proposal to reduce the table game licensing fee...
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W.Va. Senate advances bill to build new casino (4/1/2013)
(West Virginia) -- As revenues continue to decline in West Virginia's five casinos, the Senate Finance Committee has passed a bill authorizing a sixth casino in the...
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Taiwan Casino
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Taiwan proposes gaming tax one-third of Macau’s (4/4/2013)
(Taiwan) -- Taiwan’s cabinet has recommended a 13 percent tax on gross gaming revenue for any casinos built on outlying islands according to the Commercial Times,...
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Tobacco & Cigarettes
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3 Indian smoke shops on Long Island to pay NYC $10M for untaxed sales (4/3/2013)
(New York) -- Authorities say three smoke shops that operated on a Long Island Indian reservation must pay New York City more than $10 million for selling untaxed...
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Cough up $10M! Cigarette shops on L.I. reservation burned for untaxed sales (4/3/2013)
(New York) -- Three Indian smoke shops must pay more than $10 million to New York City for trafficking untaxed cigarettes off a Long Island reservation, a Brooklyn...
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New York Targets Tax-Free Cigarettes (3/12/2013)
(New York) -- New York’s attorney general is intensifying efforts to prevent the movement of tax-free cigarettes from Indian-owned companies in Canada to New York...
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No more border tobacco tax reduction for Kaw Nation (3/12/2013)
(Oklahoma) -- Under a new compact signed Monday with the state of Oklahoma, Kaw Nation smoke shops will no longer sell tobacco products at a reduced tax rate starting...
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Maine Tribes Seek Tax Exemption for Tobacco Purchases (2/22/2013)
(Maine) -- Lawmakers in Augusta are considering a measure that would exempt the Penobscot National and other Maine tribes from paying sales taxes on certain tobacco...
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Indiana Gaming
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Statehouse Casino Debate May Shift to Tax Changes (3/21/2013)
(Indiana) -- On Wednesday, the House Public Policy Committee deleted Senate-approved proposals to let casinos move inland and let the racetrack casinos in Anderson and...
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Senate committee OKs casino tax changes; bill includes land provision (2/14/2013)
(Indiana) -- Legislation designed to lift tax burdens on the state’s casinos moved through the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday. The bill also would allow...
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Tribal Taxation
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The end of tribal taxes / Only governor's approval needed for tribal property tax exemption (3/12/2013)
(Idaho) -- Coeur d'Alene Tribe officials were celebrating on Tuesday afternoon, when the state Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill forbidding counties from taxing...
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Tribal property tax exemption bill passes Senate 33-2, heads to gov (3/12/2013)
(Idaho) -- HB 140, the bill brought by the Coeur d’Alene Tribe on behalf of all of Idaho’s Indian tribes to clarify that reservation property owned by tribal...
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House approves tribal lands tax exemption bill (2/21/2013)
(Idaho) -- The House has approved a bill that would forbid counties from taxing tribal government land on the state's reservations.
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Idaho House committee passes bill to forbid counties from taxing tribal government land (2/18/2013)
(Idaho) -- The Idaho House Revenue and Taxation Committee unanimously passed a bill that would forbid counties from taxing tribal government land on the state's...
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Judge rules against Yakamas again in state fuel tax fight (2/14/2013)
(Washington) -- A federal judge has delivered the Yakama Nation a second blow in its fight against the state over fuel taxes on the reservation.
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Ohio Gaming
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Belmont County Gets $348,894 Casino Gambling Tax Funds (3/9/2013)
(Ohio) -- Since the first gambling casino opened in Ohio last year, Belmont County has gained a total of $348,894 from the tax levied on revenue the casinos gain after...
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Casinos’ taxes lag projections (2/18/2013)
(Ohio) -- Ohio’s casinos are falling far short of producing the tax revenue originally projected, leaving cities, counties and schools millions of dollars shy of...
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Internet Sweepstake Cafes
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Justices strike down Lumberton’s sweepstakes tax (3/8/2013)
(North Carolina) -- The North Carolina Supreme Court said Friday high taxes aren’t necessarily unlawful but had no problem striking down a city’s special...
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Texas Gaming
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Online gambling could cause tax, legal problems (3/5/2013)
(Texas) -- The old adage, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” will no longer apply in the digital age after Nevada governor Brian Sandoval legalized...
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Caesars
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Judge rules sales tax applies to comped meals for gamblers at Caesars casinos (3/4/2013)
(Nevada) -- A judge has ruled that Caesars Entertainment must pay the sales tax on complimentary meals it provides to high rollers and other gamblers.
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Thickening Plot Dept: Vegas.com Deletes Caesars Resort Fee Post (2/21/2013)
(Las Vegas) -- Ooooh boy, this is interesting. Vegas.com has deleted their blog post which announced that Caesars Entertainment was instituting resort fees at their Las...
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N.Y. Cigarettes
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N.Y. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sues major contraband cigarette dealers for evading state taxes (3/4/2013)
(New York) -- Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced Tuesday that his office has filed a lawsuit against two companies for illegally selling contraband...
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Nevada Online
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Nevada Proposes Bill to Tax Online Poker Tournaments (2/13/2013)
(Nevada) -- Nevada Senate Bill 9, introduced to the Senate Committee on Judiciary on Tuesday by Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett, seeks to add online poker...
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Nevada Senate bill aims to tax internet poker (2/12/2013)
(Nevada) -- The Nevada State Gaming Control Board is pushing for legislation in the Nevada Senate to tax the net profits of internet poker tournaments. Gaming Control...
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Other News
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Electric Daisy Carnival, Speedway to fight proposed entertainment tax (5/14/2013)
(Las Vegas) -- Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, is expected to take critics head on today at the first public hearing of her proposed...
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Navajo oil and gas company may be exempt from fuel tax (5/11/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company is on its way to securing a mutually beneficial deal with the tribe. The company, which is owned by the tribe, may...
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Pokies operators fume over $85m levy (5/6/2013)
(Australia) -- Pokies operators Tabcorp and Tatts will consider launching legal action against the Victorian government after the duo were hit with nearly $85 million in...
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Athens wants to defer recovery of aid to casinos (4/22/2013)
(Greece) -- Among a number of ongoing Greek cases, the monopoly of the OPAP (the Greek state lottery) is not the only one keeping the world of gambling on tenterhooks....
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Casinos to be closed in Nepal’s five-star hotels for failing to pay fees (4/19/2013)
(Nepal) -- Nepal’s Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) would start a process to scrap casino operating licenses of the country’s five-...
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Tribes may get more tax dollars Arizona legislation gains support from both parties (4/18/2013)
(Arizona) -- A last-minute effort to return sales tax revenue to Native American communities in Arizona has won support from Republican and Democratic lawmakers but...
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Rep. Hale proposal could benefit the Navajo people (4/16/2013)
(Arizona) -- The efforts of Rep. Albert Hale, D-St. Michaels (District 7), to get Transaction Privilege Tax money back into the Native American lands where it was...
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Casino winnings tax-free for 20 years: ministries (4/16/2013)
(Taiwan) -- There will be no tax imposed on casino winnings for the first 20 years following the establishment of casinos in Taiwan, Minister Without Portfolio Yang Chiu...
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New federal law preempts the state and local taxation of non-tribal entities on leased Indian land (4/15/2013)
(USA) -- Although many states have a longstanding position that they have the right to assess the possessory (or leasehold) interests that non-Indian entities have in...
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Navajo Nation code could allow a 2% sales tax on junk food (4/10/2013)
(Arizona) -- On Apr. 3, the Health Education, and Human Services Committee considered Legislation No. 0085-13, a bill proposing to amend Title 24 of the Navajo Nation...
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Kent City Council rejects proposals to allow more casinos, cut gambling tax (4/4/2013)
(Washington) -- The Kent City Council decided to fold Tuesday night on a proposal to cut the Great American Casino's gambling tax rate. The council also shut the...
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EDITORIAL: Sobering reality: Wyo's beer tax too low (3/30/2013)
(Wyoming) -- Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall amount to 18.56 cents in state tax revenue. It’s safe to say the cost of substance abuse impact and treatment...
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Pass Kessler Version of Bill (3/29/2013)
(West Virginia) -- Anyone doubting the selfish greed of some in the dog and horse racing industries should take a look at what has happened in an attempt to save about a...
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Table Games Fee Bill Read (3/29/2013)
(West Virginia) -- A bill to lower table gambling license fees for West Virginia racetracks had its first of three required readings in the state Senate Friday before it...
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Playing lottery in wrong state can cost millions (3/29/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- While orchestrating a recent Powerball pool, I made a colossal blunder. I bought the 100 tickets in New Jersey. If we had hit the jackpot, and had the...
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Powerball’s real tax bite is mind-blowing (3/29/2013)
(New Jersey) -- How much did a Passaic, N.J., man really win when he hit Saturday's Powerball jackpot? A lot less than the $338 million on the ceremonial check...
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W.Va. Senate advances 2 pro-gambling bills (3/28/2013)
(West Virginia) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced two pro-gambling bills Wednesday, reducing fees on existing casinos and allowing the creation of a sixth...
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W.Va. Senate panel modifies casino fee bill (3/28/2013)
(West Virginia) -- Legislation to give state casinos hard-hit by out-of-state competition a break on a $2.5 million annual licensing fee (SB615) advanced from Senate...
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Wheeling Casino continues to push for fee break (3/28/2013)
(West Virginia) -- Jim Simms said the Legislature needs to lower the $2.5 million annual fee for table gambling, but time is running short because bills must pass out of...
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WVa Senate advances bill lowering fees on casinos (3/28/2013)
(West Virginia) -- A bill advanced by the West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee would lower the annual fees that the state collects from its four racetrack casinos by...
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