Lotteries They gathered 210 thousand signatures against the tax on Prizes – The Game Daily (press release) (blog)

The National Federation of Joint Receivers (Fenamix) and National Association of Provincial Associations Lottery Administration (ANAPAL) presented on Thursday at the Ministry of Finance of Spain a total of 210,000 signatures against the tax of 20% levied on the lottery.

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The presidents of Fenamix, Toni Castilian, and ANAPAL, Manuel Izquierdo, presented more than a half dozen boxes containing 210,000 signatures protesting against the special levy 20%, the government imposed prizes lottery draws since January 1, 2013.

Before entering the headquarters of the Ministry, Castilian explained that 210,000 signatures were collected in two weeks and which they were reflected because the government “is not behaving”. He described as unfortunate the tax “hurts all sales.”

He cited the football clubs, which are famous in Spain for the number of bettors. He noted that, “if a person invests 10,000 euros and corresponds a prize of 6,000, the bettor loses 4,000 euros in taxes.”

Meanwhile, Izquierdo said even collected more signatures they arrived at his office on Thursday but could not attach to the package. He criticized the Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro, because the tax is “absurd”.

ANAPAL President further explained that the image of the state lottery is declining at around 20%. He said many players have refused to bet they do not think paying the same tax twice.

According to Izquierdo, statistics General Gaming Association show that, in so far this year, the public game takes a fall of 0.62% in contrast to the private game since last year, has already begun to rise.

Finally, Castilian responded to Secretary of State for Finance, Miguel Ferre, who said that the government “does not include” the elimination of gravamen-, which are 30,000 families living directly or indirectly from the game. “After the summer he is going to have an autumn pretty hot on our part,” he said

From January 1, 2013., Law 16/2012 approving the Government taxed at 20% for the awards over 2,500 euros received by graceful lotteries and betting organized by the State Society Lottery y Apuestas del Estado (Selae) and by the organs and entities of the autonomous communities and draws the Spanish Red Cross and the National Organization of the Blind (ONCE).