The Bingo Association’s Boost Bingo Campaign has been awarded ‘Best Public Affairs Campaign’ category at the PR Week Awards 2014. This doesn’t really come as a surprise as the campaign seemed to come out of nowhere to gather some pretty impressive momentum and support in very little time. It was only launched in January 2014, […]
Tag: Bingo Tax
Underage Bingo Law Breakers!
Everyone knows that there is a law regarding the age limit of gambling, and it is a firm eighteen with no exceptions. And if you turn up at a bingo hall looking any younger than 21 you will be asked to provide proof of age. Everyone knows that. Well, apparently not! A social club in […]
Bingo Tax Cut And VAT Repayment
If you follow the bingo news then you can’t help but have noticed a couple of stories the last week revolving around taxation and the bingo industry. With last week’s pre-budget report, the industry had hoped to see the Chancellor reduce his prior rise on the bingo tax which shot up to 22% from 15%. […]
Mecca Win VAT Rebate Appeal At High Courts
There’ll be some happy people in the Rank Group HQ today. In fact they may even be having a little party to celebrate their victory in the High Court, where they found out they could keep the £62million VAT repayment they received last year. Reading the comments left here when the repayment was made, I’m […]
The Bingo Association Tackle The Government With Facebook
There’s been a few more stories floating around about the backlash against the rise in bingo tax at the last budget. Here’s another one this time from Rochdale, and one from Lothian. Interestingly, The Bingo Association has turned to the world of web 2.0 to try and get their message across with a campaign on […]
Rank Take It To The Bank
Well, following their case of unfair taxation under EU laws on fiscal neutrality, The Rank Group announced it has today received £59.1 million from the UK Government. Initially reports mentioned they expected to get £36 million back from the HMRC, so I’m wondering if the amount they received is for a number of years worth […]
Rank Confirms HMRC To Appeal VAT Ruling
Here’s on appeal case we’ll all be hoping gets thrown out for the good of the industry. In a statement the Rank Group has said the HMRC will appeal against the VAT and Duties Tribunal ruling that would give the company a £36 million VAT rebate. It’s not expected the appeal will be held until […]
Government Say No To Removing VAT On Bingo
Sneaking in on Friday, just as everyone else was rushing off to seaside for the Bank Holiday weekend, The Times carried a story about the Government’s response to the calls from the Bingo industry to remove the VAT burden on Bingo. The Government have effectively robbed the Bingo industry of its most cherished and firmly […]
No Let Up In The Budget For Bingo
Well, it was hoped by many in the Bingo industry that Alistair Darling would have addressed VAT on Bingo earnings in today’s Budget, following lots of lobbying from the industry and the gaining of support from a number of MPs. It was all for nought though, not only did the Chancellor do nothing to help […]
Premier Bingo Manager Speaks Out Against Bingo Taxes
Fife Today have an article on Mike Lowe, the operations manager of the Premier Bingo chain. Mike’s been telling the press that more halls could close unless the situation changes soon of the Government don’t do something about the double taxation issues that are proving to be the bane of Bingo operators around the UK. […]
