The Irish Government has confirmed this week that is has no plans to tax bookmakers operating over the telephone or online because it needs to spend more time researching the industry. Brian Lenihan the Irish minister for Finance declared that the tax on land based bookmakers was to doubled to two per cent on turnover [...]

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Ireland’ss minister for Finance Brian Lenihan announced today that the Government will double the current 1 per cent tax on bookmakers turnover to 2 per cent, this will net the exchequer an extra €40 million.  The move was condemned by the Irish Bookmakers’ Association who said it will drive small bookmakers out of business. William Hill [...]

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