The single tax levy evaded by a cultural association in Taranto is equal to over 2 million euros in relation to the illegal use of amusement devices and gadgets, of the AWP ("Amusement with prizes") type, capable of paying players cash winnings.
This is the balance of some targeted inspection activities carried out by the Fiamme Gialle of the Taranto Group to combat illegal and irregular gaming.
The controls in question represent the development, from a fiscal point of view, of numerous service operations conducted by the Department which led to the identification and seizure of 8 amusement and entertainment machines not connected to the telematic network of the Customs and Monopolies Agency and reporting to the competent Judicial Authority of 2 subjects.
The Ionian financiers selected the subjects involved in the investigations, owners of private clubs, betting shops and cultural associations of the capital, crossing the information present in the various databases available with those acquired during the course of economic control services of the territory or through specific risk analyzes and intelligence activities.
Having reconstructed the total volume of bets and quantified the taxable base subtracted from taxation at over 8,7 million euros, the investigators of the Taranto Group ascertained the evasion of the single tax levy for an amount of over 2 million euros, reporting to the Competent Administrative Authority the legal representative of the inspected association.
The single tax levy, established in our regulations in 2003, is a tax that weighs on the "owners" of amusement machines and gadgets and is commensurate with the sums "played" and recorded on the relative meters.
The controls of the financiers continue unabated in order to prevent and repress all forms of illegality and illegality in the gaming sector, including "online" ones.
The Guardia di Finanza carries out inspections to protect legal gaming in full and complete autonomy and also holds, on an exclusive basis, the task of supervising, for anti-money laundering purposes, distributors and gaming operators.
In the public gaming sector, the Body protects players from illegal, insecure and without any guarantee gaming offers, safeguarding the weakest groups, first of all minors
