Gaming Tax & License Fees

Gaming tax and licence fees depend on the nature of the activity which the company will be carrying out. Under Maltese Legislation there are four classes of licences. These being:

Class 1: Risk taking on repetitive games generated by random events;
Class 2: Risk-taking by creating a market and backing that market;
Class 3: Promiting and/or abetting gaming from Malta; and
Class 4: Provides a Remote Gaming System to another licensee

Classes 1-3 may optionally operate on a platform provider

 

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Class 4

 

License Fee

€ 7000 p/a

€ 7000 p/a

€ 7000 p/a

1st 6 months: NIL

 

2nd  monts: € 2,300

 

After 12 months: € 4,600 per month

 

Gaming Tax

On Class 4: €1,200 per month

0.5% on gross amount of stakes accepted

5% on net income *

No Gaming Tax (inherts tax of its sub licensees)

 

Standalone: € 7,000 per month

 

Capping

N/A

Maximum gaming tax payable in respect of any one license € 466,000

 
 
 

* Net Income is defined as revunue from rake less bonus, commissions and payment processing fees (e-commerce fees)

 

 
FOFor more info on the differenet classes click here.

 




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