The Remote Gambling (Double Taxation Relief) Regulations 2012

These Regulations, which come into force on 9th August 2012, provide for relief from double taxation in relation to general betting duty, pool betting duty and remote gaming duty. They provide a framework for making a claim under the provisions introduced by Schedule 25 to the Finance Act 2012 (“the main Schedule”) which inserts new provisions in the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981. The relief is available on a claim being made where a person is liable to pay a qualifying foreign tax in respect of bets and is also liable to pay general betting duty or pool betting duty in respect of the same bets; or where a person is liable to pay remote gaming duty and is also liable to pay a qualifying foreign tax in respect of remote gaming.